SPATIAL DYNAMICS AND URBAN TRANSPORT

In conventional transport research the starting point for network design is an exogenously determined future spatial structure of the area under consideration. Workplaces, housing, shopping facilities, etc., are all introduced as basic data. Two objections can be raised to such an approach. First, the development of the spatial structure of an (urban) area is not independent of the way the transportation infrastructure is designed; there is an obvious interaction. Second, urban areas tend to show an internal dynamic development according to a rather fixed pattern affecting the location and relocation of households, firms, and facilities. The present paper sets out to show that in any analysis of the interrelation among the spatial structure of urban areas, their transport infrastructure, and the pattern of daily movements, these two points should be taken into account. (Author/TRRL)

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• Publication Date: 1983-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 577-592
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Transport Economics
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 3
  • ISSN: 0391-8440
  • Serial URL: http://www.libraweb.net/riviste.php?chiave=67

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dynamics; Employment; Households; Land use; Networks; Population; Public transit; Residential areas; Residential location; Shopping centers; Shopping facilities; Transportation; Travel patterns; Urban areas; Work trips
• ITRD Terms: 308: Dwelling; 5473: Dynamics; 309: Household; 621: Journey to work; 335: Population; 744: Public transport; 320: Shopping centre; 1155: Transport; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I71: Traffic Theory; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382797
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM