SUBSTITUTION CAR - PUBLIC TRANSPORT

SUBSTITUTIE AUTO - OPENBAAR VERVOER

The possibilities for encouraging the use of public transport instead of the private car are central issues in Dutch government policy. This report investigates the effect upon modal split that would arise if public transport is increased to the maximum possible level. It must be emphasized that the results thus obtained are only hypothetical. The results show that although public transport use is small when compared to total trips effected, relative increases in use caused by such a scheme are high in comparison to the decrease in car use. Small decreases in car use can have a large effect on public transport use. Such changes are greater at the local level than they are at regional level. However the potential increase in public transport use decreases with decreasing size of the travel section studied, such sections studied being: national, regional, working day, peak hour, and individual journey to work.

• Corporate Authors:

  Nederlands Centrum voor Onderzoek

  PO Box 1969
  Rijswijk,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • -
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Pagination: 126 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Federal government; Mobility; Peak periods; Policy; Public transit; Transportation modes; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Modifications; Use
• Subject Areas: Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00497901
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM