Transport Consumption Inequalities and Redistributive Effects of Taxes: A...
Car taxes are not only a source of public revenues but also a policy tool to reduce traffic nuisances. Most car taxes were instituted in a time where the car was a luxury good (e.g. the French annual...
View ArticleInfluencing Car Buying Decisions from an Environmental Perspective - A...
Due to the strong connection between economic growth and traffic demand it seems that promoting a more environmental friendly car fleet is essential in order to decrease emissions from car traffic. In...
View Article‘Peak Car Use’: Understanding the Demise of Automobile Dependence
This article identifies and discusses the concept of “peak car use”. Car use is declining in the USA, UK, Australia and a range of other relatively wealthy counties. Data are presented and discussed,...
View ArticleThe Development of Tourism on the Danube in Hungary to Reduce Dependence on Cars
This paper will describe how the river Danube has been one of the most important transport links in Europe for centuries. Opportunities offered by the Danube in the context of transport are not...
View ArticleAn International Comparative Perspective on Fast-rising Motorization and...
This chapter looks at the identification of generic patterns, problems and underlying causes of motorization and their impact on urban development as a critical first strategic step in finding...
View ArticleBus Rapid Transit: A Review of Recent Advances
This chapter cautions that as promising as Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) appears to be for cities of the developing world, its case should not be overstated. The author warns against it becoming a panacea...
View ArticleLand Use Characteristics for Sustainable Urban Mobility
This paper describes how important changes on urban features strongly modified the quantity and the quality of mobility systems over the last years. The continuous spread of residences and activities...
View ArticleFairness in a Car-dependent Society
Cars offer the freedom to travel to almost any destination, at whatever time, with passengers and luggage and minimal need to plan ahead. They have made it easier to keep in touch with friends and...
View ArticleTravel Behavior 2011, Volume 2
This issue contains 15 papers concerned with the following aspects of travel behavior: nonwork travel behavior changes during temporary freeway closure; applying sequence alignment methods to large...
View ArticleRural transport - Valuing the mobility of older people
This paper describes a series of focus groups that were undertaken in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to examine the challenges faced by older people in rural Ireland when trying to make...
View ArticleNew Social Equity Agenda for Sustainable Transportation
This paper discusses the importance of incorporating social equity and environmental justice objectives into transport policy and planning analysis. It recommends a more systematic and comprehensive...
View ArticleClassical modernist planning and the menace of automobile dependence in...
Unequivocally, it has become increasingly clear that the approach of Classical Modernist planning (CMP) that prevailed after World War II emphasizes huge permissivity for low-density sprawling suburban...
View ArticlePrivate car and public transportation: dynamics of the modal share
A large proportion of private car modal share and the increasing trend of car use are the main challenges in realising a sustainable urban transportation system. A set of feedback loop models has been...
View ArticleSpatial Pattern of Land Use and Its Implications for Mode-Based...
Accessibility is an important concept in transportation planning and research. This manuscript proposes methodologies and procedures to quantify accessibility by mode choice and its spatial variances...
View ArticleCan value capture work in a car dependent city? Willingness to pay for...
This paper investigates the impact of transit on urban land markets in the highly car dependent corridors of Perth with a focus on where new fast rail transit services have recently been built. It...
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