Abstract: There is broad agreement that transport is one of the major factors
determining the spatial organization of urban areas. Medieval cities were
built for walking, and this required that living and working were close
together. The railway made spatial division of labour possible and so
opened the way for the growth of cities. Rapid transit and the private car
have facilitated the expansion of metropolitan areas over wider and wider
territories. However, the growing separation of human activities demands
ever longer trips and greater volumes of traffic with all their associated
problems of congestion, traffic accidents, energy use, pollution and land
consumption.
Publication Year: 1995
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Access and Citation
Cited By Count: 12
AI Researcher Chatbot
Get quick answers to your questions about the article from our AI researcher chatbot