LICENCE-HOLDING AND CAR AVAILABILITY: RECENT EXPERIENCE IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Changes in the incidence of licence holding have been examined in South Yorkshire as part of a wide ranging study into the long term effect of subsidised public transport or travel. The study was aimed at assessing the social and travel changes brought about by public transport policy in South Yorkshire and future opportunities for marketing public transport. Both quantitative and qualitative data were used, including one-day travel surveys for a sample of households in 1981 compared with similar surveys in 1972; a postal questionnaire; tape recorded interviews; and available data on travel patterns elsewhere in the country. A particular interest of the study team was the combined effect on travel behaviour of low fares and the recession, especially as there was evidence that both these factors had a disproportionately large impact on young people. Other effects discussed are age as a differentiator of change, learning to drive, and wives learning to drive. It is concluded that continuing financial restraints on private motoring for those now young will enhance the potential market for public transport and it is suggested that there may be an increasing emphasis on low cost as a factor in marketing public transport. (TRRL)

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  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • DONNISON, R
• Publication Date: 1983-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 533-536
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Automobile ownership; Automobile travel; Consumer behavior; Consumer preferences; Costs; Driver licenses; Driver training; Fares; Households; Interviewing; Marketing; Policy; Private transportation; Public transit; Railcar ownership; Sociology; Subsidies
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1757: Age; 224: Cost; 1571: Driver training; 1550: Driving licence; 244: Financing; 9147: Interview; 277: Marketing; 746: Private transport; 744: Public transport; 2253: Sociology; 241: Tariff; 8119: United Kingdom; 315: Vehicle ownership
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382737
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-036 520
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM