The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of what drives the demand for passenger transport around the world (what are the key drivers of passenger transport demand and how do they affect passenger transport demand ? ) and how these drivers can be influenced. A three-fold approach was taken that consisted of a literature study, data analysis, and case studies of urban areas.The input to the literature study included research reports from all over the world.The data analysis consisted of statistical models estimated on data for 130 countries and 90 cities gathered from pastresearch projects.There were thirteen case studies: five cases from the developed world , and eight cases from the developing world.There were morecases from the developing world because the developing world is poorly covered in literature.In this paper the key driving forces behind passenger transport demand and their effects are identified.For each driving force ashort description, the range of effects of the driving force on transportin various settings (for urban and interregional transport and developingand developed countries), explanations of differences in these effects across countries and cities, and a short discussion of whether or not these differences are likely to increase or decrease over time. A discussion of the possibilities and limitations of policy measures.For the covering entry of this conference please see ITRD E132365.
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