Urban structure and its influence on vehicle travel reduction strategies

Conference · Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:216292

Southworth, F; Jones, D W; Harrison, G

This paper examines what is known about the relationship between urban spatial structure (i.e. the arrangement of residential, industrial, commercial, recreational and municipal buildings and land lots) and urban travel. The first section provides an overview of the empirical evidence for relationships between urban spatial structure and travel in the United States. Section two focuses on the barriers to and opportunities for reducing the use of automobiles and light trucks in urban areas. The final section offers a policy-point-of-impact perspective on the sort of instruments governments have at their disposal for reducing vehicular travel.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-96OR22464
• OSTI ID: 216292
• Report Number(s): CONF-9604121-1; ON: DE96009748; TRN: 96:002507
• Resource Relation: Conference: APEC urban transportation formu on energy, technology and the environment, Auckland (New Zealand), 1 Apr 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
URBAN AREAS
ROAD TRANSPORT
AUTOMOBILES
BUILDINGS
TRUCKS
ROUTING
FUEL CONSUMPTION
CARPOOLING
ENERGY CONSERVATION
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS