URBAN STRUCTURE AND MODAL SPLIT IN THE JOURNEY TO WORK

Relationships between modal split for the journey to work and patterns of social and economic activity in large urban areas are investigated in this paper. Small zone data from six major land-use transportation studies were used as a basis for a systematic comparative analysis of these relationships. Three of the studies were British (London, West Midlands and Selnec) and three American (Tri-State,) Penn-Jersey and Los Angeles). Standard correlation and regression programmes were employed on a wide range of data, using three different models. The results reveal the overriding influence of car ownership on modal split, but also demonstrate the limitations imposed by urban structure in the form of employment and population densities. (A) /TRRL/

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• Authors:
  • Sammons, R R
  • Hall, P
• Publication Date: 1977-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1-9
• Serial:
  • Urban Studies
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0042-0980
  • EISSN: 1360-063X
  • Serial URL: http://usj.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Automobile ownership; Correlation analysis; Employment; Land use; Mathematical models; Modal split; Motor vehicles; Ownership; Population; Private transportation; Public transit; Regression analysis; Socioeconomic factors; Sociology; Urban areas; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Comparative analysis; Models
• ITRD Terms: 621: Journey to work; 356: Land use; 675: Modal split; 744: Public transport; 2253: Sociology; 313: Urban area; 315: Vehicle ownership
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I71: Traffic Theory; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00153938
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1981 12:00AM