The aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between urban spatial development, the journey to work, and central city air quality. Using a twostep model, we examine the effects of population/employment dispersion on auto work trip generation and the impact of trip making density on central city pollution. The results suggest that: (1) both population and job dispersal play a significant role in determining the spatial variation in trip making activity; (2) dispersal will, ceteris paribus, reduce travel activity affecting the central city and consequently mobile source pollution; and (3) the ultimate impact on dispersion may be small.
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