Built Environment and Car Travel: Analyses of InterdependenciesAnalyses of Interdependencies. An academic and policy debate has been running in recent decades on whetherand to what extent travel behaviour is influenced by the built environment.This dissertation addresses the influence on daily travel distance, chainingbehaviour, car ownershi |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Introduction | 5 |
Land use and travel behaviour Expected effects from the perspective of utility theory and activitybased theories | 27 |
A causal model relating urban form with daily travel distance through activitytravel decisions | 49 |
Influence of land use on tour complexity A Dutch case | 71 |
Household car ownership in relation to residential and work locations | 89 |
Influence of the residential and work environment on car use in dualearner households | 117 |
Conclusions and discussion | 139 |
Samenvatting | 153 |
Appendix Questionnaires and diary | 160 |
Curriculum Vitae | 173 |
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