Effectiveness of Transport Policies in Reducing Car Travel

Policies intended to solve problems caused by excessive traffic usually seek to change travel behavior. These changes are assessed with extensive empirical evidence, including inference from the extent of behavioral change that occurs for other reasons such as age and income, case studies of increasing or reducing road capacity, econometric analysis of the effects of fuel price and public transport fares, and observation of impacts of soft measures such as travel plans and improved information. The results show a dynamic process of adjustment over periods of some years, with impacts that are larger, but more complex, that often assumed.

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  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Corporate Authors:

  Elsevier

  Linacre House, Jordan Hill
  Oxford,   United Kingdom  OX2 8DP
• Authors:
  • Goodwin, Phil
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: First
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 401-424
• Monograph Title: Threats from Car Traffic to the Quality of Urban Life: Problems, Causes, and Solutions

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile drivers; Automobile ownership; Automobile travel; Automobiles; Case studies; Highway capacity; Policy making; Public transit; Transit operating agencies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fuel prices
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01076774
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780080448534
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 21 2007 1:55PM