TRAVELLING BEHAVIOUR AND THE CHOICE OF HOME AND WORKPLACE DURING A PERIOD OF ECONOMIC DECLINE

VERPLAATSINGSGEDRAG EN DE KEUZE VAN WOON EN WERKLOKATIE IN EEN PERIODE VAN ECONOMISCHE RECESSIE

1983 will be the fourth consecutive year that real income per capita in the Netherlands has decreased. The decline in the real incomes goes hand in hand with a government budget under great pressure. The extent of the budgetary deficit is now such that it is forcing cuts in expenditure. Questions which arise in this context are: to what extent do consumers economize on travel costs? Is it possible that the economic belt will be drawn so tightly that journey distances, the choice of destinations and the mode choice will be adapted? In this contribution to the verkeerskundige werkdagen 1983 some hypotheses are formulated about the effect of the economic recession on the travel patterns of the traveller. Attention is also paid to possible consequences for the choice of residence and work location. In conclusion some policy issues are touched on. (Author/TRRL)

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  • Conference papers of the Working Days on Traffic Engineering 1983.
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  Werkdagcommissie

  P. O. Box 163
  Driebergen-Rijsenbur,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1983-4

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 17-32
• Serial:
  • Bijdragen Verkeerskundige Werkdagen 1983
  • Publisher: Werkdagcommissie

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Conferences; Costs; Impact studies; Income; Location; Numbers; Policy; Recession; Reduction (Chemistry); Residential areas; Residential location; Transportation modes; Travel; Travel behavior; Travel budgets; Travel costs; Travel patterns; Travel time; Trip length; Work trips; Workplaces
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Selecting
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Old TRIS Terms: Reduction
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 9009: Decrease; 256: Income; 698: Journey; 697: Journey time; 621: Journey to work; 9061: Location; 8078: Netherlands; 6432: Number; 173: Policy; 1145: Transport mode; 300: Workplace
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; I71: Traffic Theory; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382868
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• ISBN: 90-6628-2CPL
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM