Built environment and car travel [electronic resource] : analyses of interdependencies / [Kees Maat].

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Maat, C.

Series:

Sustainable urban areas ; 29.

Sustainable urban areas, 1574-6410 ; 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Choice of transportation.

Urban transportation.

HE336.C5.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Delft, the Netherlands : Thesis Delft University of Technology, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An academic and policy debate has been running in recent decades on whether and to what extent travel behaviour is influenced by the built environment. This publication addresses the influence on daily travel distance, chaining behaviour, car ownership, and car commuting. As cars are the dominant mode of transport, car travel received most attention. The analyses were based on a comprehensive dataset collected in the North Wing of the Randstad in the Netherlands. The study findings indicate that a more compact urban structure reduces car use. However, the effects are small. One important lesson is thatbehavioural mechanisms are never simple but invariably elicit compensation. The challenge facing planners is to design cities and neighbourhoods that make it easier to drive less and that are attractive to live in.

Contents:

Title Page

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Background

Research insights into the built environment and travel

Aims, research questions and scope

Scope

Outline

References

Land use and travel behaviour - Expected effects from the perspective of utility theory and activity-based theories

Concepts of planning and design aimed to influence travel behaviour

Theoretical perspectives on travel demand

Behavioural responses to travel-time changes

Conclusions

A causal model relating urban form with daily travel distance through activity/travel decisions

Hypotheses and the conceptual model

Data and method

Empirical results

Influence of land use on tour complexity - A Dutch case

Research design and data

Results

Household car ownership in relation to residential and work locations

Literature and hypotheses

The Netherlands in the international context

Method and data

Influence of the residential and work environment on car use in dual-earner households

Mode choice

Car use in dual-earner households

Conclusions and discussion

Overview of the results

Reflections

Policy recommendations

Samenvatting

Appendix. Questionnaires and diary

Household questionnaire

Individual questionnaire

Travel/activity diary

Curriculum Vitae.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Thesis (doctoral)--Technische Universiteit, Delft, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

6612880392

1-282-88039-X

9786612880391

1-60750-594-0

OCLC:

694145247