Planned Communities, Self-containment and Commuting
A Cross-national Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10864086 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Cervero (Department of City and Regional Planning, 228 Wurster Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1135-1161 |
| Publication date | 1995-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00420989550012618 |
| OpenAlex | W2100951040 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 52 |
| References cited | 13 |
Many new towns are planned as balanced, self-contained communities. This paper examines the association between how self-contained new towns are and how their residents and workers commute, drawing upon experiences in the US, the UK, metropolitan Paris and greater Stockholm. While American new towns are fairly self-contained, their commuting characteristics are largely indistinguishable from less-planned control communities. Britain's most recent new towns are highly balanced and self-contained, yet they are comparatively auto-dependent. By contrast, the rail-served new towns outside Paris and Stockholm are the least self-contained among the new towns studied; however, most external commutes are by rail transit or other non-auto modes. In general, there was an inverse relationship between self-containment and transit commuting in the European new towns studied. The paper concludes that other policies, like coordinated transit services, more strongly influence commuting choices among new town residents and workers than initiatives aimed at jobs-housing balance and self-sufficiency
Balance (ability · Business · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Metropolitan area · Perspective (graphical · Public transport · Regional science · Transport engineering · Engineering · Psychology · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Urbanization and City Planning
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| Unique citing works | 52 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,73 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2026 (31) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 52 |