Title: ATTITUDES AND RESPONSES TO TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND POSSIBLE FUTURE COUNTER-MEASURES. AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL IN BRISTOL
Abstract: This report describes part of a broader research project on public reactions to possible options for handling future demands for traffic and parking in congested urban areas. Twenty in-depth interviews were conducted among car-owning households in Bristol, to: (1) examine how and how far current household travel patterns are affected by traffic congestion; (2) explore how these travel patterns would change under worse travel conditions; (3) identify likely travel responses to some proposed countermeasures; (4) consider the probable implications of these attitudes for household travel behaviour. Each interview lasted one and a half to two hours, and was preceded by completing a self- administered travel diary; all adults in each household participated. Findings included the following: (1) the car played an integral part for most of those interviewed; (2) the most important journeys were to and from work or taking children to and from school; (3) the bus service had a relatively negative image; (4) improvements to public transport, especially park- and-ride, were the most popular solution to traffic-related problems; (5) restraints on parking seemed to discourage car travel most; (6) some drivers are already changing mode in response to congestion and parking problems. Implications for a publicly acceptable transport policy include the needs to: (1) combine any car use restrictions with substantial improvements to alternative modes; (2) establish the credibility of public transport.
Publication Year: 1992
Publication Date: 1992-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
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