COMPANY-FINANCED MOTORING AND ITS EFFECTS ON HOUSEHOLD CAR USE

This article is drawn from a larger report - tsu ref: 135/pr, and analyses the pattern of demand for car use and attempts to understand motorists' responsiveness towards changes in motoring costs and other policy-sensitive factors. The empirical procedures adopted were unusual in that in-depth work on a small scale (60 Coventry households) was used to generate hypotheses which were tested on a larger scale using data from the national travel survey and a larger questionnaire, travel-diary survey sample from coventry. Increasing company-financing of vehicles is affecting household car-ownership decisions and car use decisions. The ownership of 'second' cars is being increased by the acquisition of a company-car. Relationships between company-financing and usage of cars are suggested, but are difficult to quantify because of the many different ways in which company support can be given. Analysis shows that company car users are tending to live increasingly further from their work and are moving to areas outside conurbations. It is anticipated that further differences in car usages will occur as running costs facing only private motorists increase. It is possible that the lower use of 'second' cars will be offset by higher usage of company cars. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Dix, M C
  • Pollard, HRT
• Publication Date: 1980-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 536-540
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile ownership; Automobile travel; Automobiles; Costs; Data collection; Dwellings; Financing; Households; Location; Motor vehicles; Operating costs; Organizations; Ownership; Questionnaires; Surveys; Travel demand; Travel patterns; Urban areas; Work trips; Workplaces
• Uncontrolled Terms: Use
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 224: Cost; 308: Dwelling; 244: Financing; 309: Household; 621: Journey to work; 9061: Location; 221: Operating costs; 9057: Organization (association); 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area; 9084: Use; 315: Vehicle ownership; 300: Workplace
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00334993
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-031 191
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1981 12:00AM