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Commuting economy : an alternative approach for assessing regional commuting efficiency
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Date Issued
2011-05
Date Available
2011-06-30T15:21:50Z
Abstract
This paper revisits the notion of random commuting within the excess commuting framework. In doing so, it argues that the average random commute, is a more appropriate basis for measuring the efficiency of urban commuting patterns. Using this as a base, the paper introduces two new measures of commuting efficiency based on measuring the collective commuting economy of individuals for the journey to work: commuting economy and normalised commuting economy. It is argued that because the average random commute has an intrinsically behavioural interpretation, the measures introduced yield more explicit explanations of the overall nature of travel behaviour within the constraints set by land use geography and the spatial distribution of the transport network. The framework is applied for two different years, 1991 and 2001, and for different modes of transport. The results show that the average actual commute has moved further away from the average random commute, implying that greater intermixing of residential and employment functions has led to more efficient commuting behaviour.
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Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Sage
Journal
Urban Studies
Volume
48
Issue
6
Start Page
1255
End Page
1272
Copyright (Published Version)
2010 Urban Studies Journal Limited
2010 Urban Studies Journal Limited
Subject – LCSH
Commuting--Regional disparities
Commuting--Economic aspects
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Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0042-0980 Print
1360-063X Online
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