ACCESSIBILITY TO EMPLOYMENT IN SELECTED AREAS OF LONDON: A REVIEW AND PRESENTATION OF SOME INTERIM RESULTS

An attempt is being made to contribute to a framework and methodology for understanding the changing patterns of work trips in Greater London and to examine the effects of varying levels of accessibility on various types of job opportunity. The project focusses on four relatively small areas within the greater London transportation survey area, although London-wide analyses of a few of the variables studied also form part of the work. A number of data sources, principally the Greater London Transportation Survey (1971), the censuses of population (1961, 1966 and 1971) and the London traffic survey (1962), are being examined to establish the patterns of and trends in work trips from and to these areas. A high degree of disaggregation of resident populations and workforces is an essential part of the analysis. This note briefly reviews similar work, outlines the methods used in the research, describes the results of work already carried out and discusses the future development of the project. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  University College London

  Centre for Transport Studies, Gower Street
  London,   United Kingdom  WC1E 6BT
• Authors:
  • Mowforth, M
• Publication Date: 1982-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 26 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Costs; Data collection; Employment; Jobs; Physical distribution; Traffic surveys; Travel patterns; Urban areas; Work trips; Workplaces
• Geographic Terms: London (England); United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 224: Cost; 9016: Distribution (gen); 621: Journey to work; 2271: Occupation; 676: Traffic survey; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area; 300: Workplace
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00384599
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM