This paper investigates the factors that affect travel behaviour within
neighbourhoods in Tyne and Wear, North East England while accounting for
differences in attitudes and perceptions. Ten different neighbourhoods
have been carefully selected to characterise the two different types of
traditional and suburban neighbourhood street layouts. A
self-administered questionnaire has been delivered to 2200 households to
capture neighbourhood design, travel patterns, travel attitudes and
socio-economic characteristics. Multivariate analysis of cross-sectional
data shows that some socio-economic variables as well as travel
attitudes and neighbourhood design preferences can explain the
differences in travel patterns between the two distinct neighbourhood
designs. The results show additionally that the traditional
neighbourhood group is more sensitive to factors of perception and
attitudes in relation to neighbourhood design that lead to walking,
cycling and public transport use travel patterns, suggesting that
land-use policy designed to accommodate lower carbon-based travel
together with measures to encourage active travel will have greater
impact on the traditional group than the suburban group. This finding
suggests that generic measures imposed by many governments, and
certainly implied by current UK land-use policy, to promote sustainable
mobility should be selectively targeted.
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