ABSTRACT
This study examines whether information and automation technologies are likely to reshape urban imageability and accessibility. A cognitive mapping survey completed by Los Angeles residents reveals the effects of increasing travel choice ‘passivity’ on spatial knowledge at local and regional scales. Based on these findings, the chapter identifies multiple distinct cognitive-environmental processes modified by new mobility technologies, each of which contributes to the formation of a personal ‘image of the city.’ As a result of these processes, the overall coherence of the personal spatial knowledge may be reduced, and the role of cognition in travel behavior in urban accessibility significantly diminishes.
