Report of the Hundred and Fifth Round Table on Transport Economics, Held in Paris on 7th-8th November 1996 on the Following Topic

Download or read book Report of the Hundred and Fifth Round Table on Transport Economics, Held in Paris on 7th-8th November 1996 on the Following Topic written by European Conference of Ministers of Transport. Economic Research Centre and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do roads induce mobility? This might sound like a strange question, yet it only stands to reason that building new roads - or other infrastructure - may actually encourage people to use the new additional capacity to travel more. Induced mobility is a hotly debated issue, but the experts are no longer in any doubt that it is a very real phenomenon. However, measuring it is another matter, since we do not have sufficient data or experience in this area. This Round Table presents the data that is available to date on infrastructure-induced mobility. From the introductory reports and discussions, it is clear that much progress has been made in the last few years. As recently as ten years ago, many experts would have disputed the very existence of the induced mobility phenomenon. Today a consensus is emerging: Round Table 105 gives the full report.