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Title:

Explaining the Growth in Car Use in the Netherlands

Accession Number:

01155146

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper reports the results of several studies, conducted by the KiM Netherlands Institute for Transport Policy Analysis, explaining the growth in car use in the Netherlands. A simple explanatory model reveals that population growth is responsible for one-fourth of the increase in car use, while the remaining three-fourths is owing to changes in people’s behavior. The most important behavioral change is the increase in distances traveled, especially for home to work trips, and trips related to leisure activities. This in turn is explained by a rise in incomes, a decrease in (relative) costs of car ownership and car use, developments in the housing market and labor market, and changes in the locations of leisure facilities. Additional explanations for an increase in car use are the aging of the population and the growing number of ethnic minorities.

Monograph Accession #:

01147878

Report/Paper Numbers:

10-1507

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Harms, Lucas
Jorritsma, Peter
Olde Kalter, Marie-José

Pagination:

20p

Publication Date:

2010

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2010-1-10 to 2010-1-14
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures (7) ; References

Geographic Terms:

Netherlands

Subject Areas:

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2010 Paper #10-1507

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 25 2010 10:40AM