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Determinants of travel demand - exploring the future of society and lifestyles in the UK

Determinants of travel demand - exploring the future of society and lifestyles in the UK
Determinants of travel demand - exploring the future of society and lifestyles in the UK
This paper considers how changes in the fabric of society and its values, a subject usually considered to be outside the conventional scope of the transport profession, can have a profound impact on travel demand. The paper stems from the Transport Visions Network, a unique activity involving young professionals from academia, consultancy and government. It raises awareness of the diversity of factors that influence travel and transport. The paper offers an overview of existing trends and projections for the future before presenting a series of different future scenarios. Suggestions on the consequences for transport are then put forward.
scenario planning, travel demand, society and lifestyles
0967-070X
17-27
Lyons, Glenn
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Chatterjee, Kiron
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Beecroft, Mark
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Marsden, Greg
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Lyons, Glenn
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Chatterjee, Kiron
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Beecroft, Mark
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Marsden, Greg
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Lyons, Glenn, Chatterjee, Kiron, Beecroft, Mark and Marsden, Greg (2002) Determinants of travel demand - exploring the future of society and lifestyles in the UK. Transport Policy, 9 (1), 17-27. (doi:10.1016/S0967-070X(01)00034-8).

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Abstract

This paper considers how changes in the fabric of society and its values, a subject usually considered to be outside the conventional scope of the transport profession, can have a profound impact on travel demand. The paper stems from the Transport Visions Network, a unique activity involving young professionals from academia, consultancy and government. It raises awareness of the diversity of factors that influence travel and transport. The paper offers an overview of existing trends and projections for the future before presenting a series of different future scenarios. Suggestions on the consequences for transport are then put forward.

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Published date: January 2002
Additional Information: Received 1 June 2001; revised 1 November 2001; accepted 1 November 2001.
Keywords: scenario planning, travel demand, society and lifestyles
Organisations: Civil Engineering & the Environment

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Local EPrints ID: 48114
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/48114
ISSN: 0967-070X
PURE UUID: 11273cb9-1972-4e28-a75c-5085f85cf959

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Date deposited: 29 Aug 2007
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 09:43

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Author: Glenn Lyons
Author: Kiron Chatterjee
Author: Mark Beecroft
Author: Greg Marsden

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