Research on car dependence exposes the difficulty of moving away from a car-dominated,
high-carbon transport system, but neglects the political-economic factors underpinning car …

Megacities have frequently received a disproportionate amount of attention over other sizes
of cities in recent discourse on urban sustainability. In this article, the authors argue that a …

This paper gives the main results of a literature review of new empirical studies, published
since 1990, updating work on the effects of price and income on fuel consumption, traffic …

The connection between transportation and land use lies at the center of efforts in the United
States to combat sprawl through smart growth strategies. Proponents of smart growth …

Background Traffic congestion is a significant issue in urban areas in the United States and
around the world. Previous analyses have estimated the economic costs of congestion …

This article surveys the results of research carried out in the Nordic countries on the
influence of various aspects of urban form and settlement patterns on travel behavior and …

The idea that the main benefit of improvements to transport infrastructure is the saving of
travel time has been central to transport economic analysis. There is, however, little …

Claims that roadway investments spur new travel, known as induced demand, and thus fail
to relieve traffic congestion have thwarted road development in the United States. Past …

This paper contributes to the scarce empirical knowledge concerning distances and
durations of walking trips to public transport in smaller cities and in European cities. Results …

This paper summarizes and analyses findings from more than two dozen aggregate and
disaggregate studies of travel time (and sometimes money) expenditures, exploring the …