CAN URBAN DENSITY EXPLAIN PERSONAL TRAVEL LEVELS?

Abstract

This article examines the changes in personal travel levels, urban density, and other land use patterns over the period 1901 to 1991 in large Australian cities. It is shown that urban density changes are not the direct cause of the observed travel increases. Instead, the huge rise in travel convenience brought about largely by the shift from public transport to cars, best explains travel growth in the post-war era. Urban density, however, does affect travel convenience (especially average travel speeds and ease of parking), and thus indirectly, travel levels.

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