Analysis: The relationship between how you travel and the environment you live or work in is well documented in academic literature. Usually, this relationship explores how different built environment characteristics are associated with different patterns of travel behaviour, thereby providing an evidence base for policymakers to explore the merits of different land-use and transport policies.
We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences Of all the variables included in our models , six to 10 of the most important variables influencing costs relate to built environments and congestion-effects. This vindicates a long-disputed maxim arguing that, although individual measures of built environment characteristics may have a limited effect on promoting sustainable travel, their overall effect can be substantial.
Interestingly, it is also not the case with public transport in Dublin. This is likely due to the fact that Luas, buses, and cars all share the same infrastructure in the capital. Shared infrastructure implies shared congestion, meaning that other factors, like comfort and convenience, may become especially important in determining mobility costs; and nothing is as comfortable, nor convenient, as cars in the current Irish landscape.
From RTÉ Radio 1's Today with Claire Byrne, should we have free public transport? With Brid Smith TD and Steven Matthews TD We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage PreferencesIf a move towards more sustainable travel is an objective, measures must be in place to reduce the costs associated with this transition.