Residential development and car-based travel : does location make a difference ?

Author(s)
Headicar, P. & Curtis, C.
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Abstract

This paper begins by highlighting some of the important findings from ECOTEC's study on the effect of development patterns in generating travel. A study is then described which unlike ECOTEC's study focused solely on new residential developments and their significance for car-based travel. Surveys were carried out in new residential areas at 5 locations within a 15 mile radius of Oxford. The study concentrated on regular journeys made by adults. The results of the survey are discussed from the point of view of a) socio-economic characteristics, b) distance from Oxford, c) accessibility to work places, d) accessibility to major transport facilities and e) changes at time of household move.

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C 5530 (In: C 5519) /10 /72 / IRRD 868861
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In: Environmental issues : proceedings of seminar C (P375) held at the 22th PTRC European Transport and Planning Summer Annual Meeting, University of Warwick, England, September 12-16, 1994, p. 117-130, 4 ref.

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