1. Since you inquired. Some key passages. Bodes better for post-pandemic cities ...
https://twitter.com/rhaglund/status/1438856514966638597
2. "Traditional theories of cities emphasize production decisions and the costs of workers commuting between their workplace and residence."
3. "However, much of the travel that occurs within urban areas is related not to commuting but rather to the consumption of nontraded services, such as trips to restaurants, coffee shops and bars, shopping centers,
cultural venues, and other services."
cultural venues, and other services."
4. "We use the model to evaluate the role of consumption access in explaining the observed spatial variation in economic activity. We show that incorporating consumption access is quantitatively relevant for evaluating the observed impact of a new subway line."
5. First, we show that non-commuting trips are more frequent than commuting trips, so that concentrating solely on commuting trips substantially underestimates the amount of travel within urban areas."
6. " Second, we show that these non-commuting trips are closely related to the availability of nontraded services, which is consistent with our modelling of them as travel to consume non-traded services."
7. "Fourth, we show that trip chains are a relevant feature of the data, in which non-commuting trips occur along the journey between home and work, highlighting
the relevance of jointly modelling commuting and non-commuting trips."
the relevance of jointly modelling commuting and non-commuting trips."
8. "we find a substantially larger contribution of travel access once we take into account consumption access
(56 percent compared to 37 percent), and a correspondingly smaller contribution from the residual
of residential amenities (44 percent compared to 63 percent)."
(56 percent compared to 37 percent), and a correspondingly smaller contribution from the residual
of residential amenities (44 percent compared to 63 percent)."
9. "this pattern of results is consistent with the idea that much economic activity in urban areas is concentrated n the service sector, and that access to surrounding locations to consume these services is an important determinant of workers’ choice of residence and workplace."
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