CAR MOBILITY BETWEEN FREEDOM AND CONSTRAINTS. TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT POLICY BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN AREA, TO AN INTEGRAL APPROACH ON REGIONAL LEVEL. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COLLOQUIUM 1989, THE HAGUE, NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 1, 1989. VOLUME II

AUTOMOBILITEIT TUSSEN VRIJHEID EN GEBONDENHEID

Traffic jams and environmental pollution require a policy which mitigates the increase in car use. To achieve this aim, measures are being considered to make car use less attractive, examples being increasing the cost of car use; and improving the quality of public transport by for instance, reducing journey time. In estimating (in advance) and explaining (in retrospect) the effects of such measures, the motorist's freedom of choice should be taken into account. For example, the degree to which someone is tied to using the car for certain trips or is able to use a different mode of transport, in this case public transport. This freedom of choice determines the transition potential: the maximum number of trips for which a transition to public transport is possible. The effect of certain measures depends on this transition potential and on the willingness of motorists not to use their car for trips where public transport is available. This paper describes a method to determine the transition potential (the situational analysis) and, within this potential, to assess the expected effect of measures under consideration. This approach is illustrated with data from a study among motorists using the route between dordrecht and rotterdam.(a) for the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 825702.

• Corporate Authors:

  Colloguium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk

  P.O. Box 45
  Delft,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • KROPMAN, J A
  • Kockelkoren, MGJ
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 637-656
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Colloquium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk
  • Publisher: Colloguium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Air pollution; Automobiles; Conferences; Improvements; Level of service; Mobility; Operating costs; Policy; Public transit; Railroad trains; Sound; Traffic congestion; Transportation modes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Selection
• Subject Areas: Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00498336
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM