If half the non-agricultural and non-retail employment at locations with poor public transport accessibility are relocated to sites with good public transport accessibility, the calculated car use in driving from home to work, will be reduced by 4% in 2015. The long-term equilibrium is assumed. If (delayed) employees' reactions to relocations are explicitly incorporated, this reduction is 1.3%. Reductions in the distance driven from home to work by employees confronted with relocations vary from 31% (long-term equilibrium) to 10% (taking explicit account of reactions to relocations). The calculated relocation effects on the mobility of employees are highly dependent on whether or not their reactions are explicitly taken into account. (A)
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