Highlights ► Increases in rail’s modal share within light rail corridors have mainly come from buses rather than cars. ► Despite increases in rail ridership, multiple car ownership usually increased. ► The evidence for light rail reducing peak hour car use is less clear.
Abstract The paper examines, using English Census data, the impacts of four light rail schemes opened between 1991 and 2001 on car ownership and travel mode along the rail corridors. The effects of these schemes are isolated by comparing the changes in the new light rail corridors with those in ‘control’ areas. Control areas represent what would have occurred in the light rail corridors if the schemes had not been built. Despite two schemes achieving and even exceeding the forecast ridership, the proportion of households owning multiple cars increased in the light rail corridors and typically by more than in the control areas. Growing rail shares in the light rail corridors have mainly come from buses and the evidence for light rail reducing car use is less clear. This latter finding is of particular significance, given that a major justification for investment in light rail rather than bus schemes is their presumed ability to bring about major modal shift by attracting substantial numbers of car users.
Do light rail services discourage car ownership and use? Evidence from Census data for four English cities
Journal of Transport Geography ; 29 ; 11-23
2013-01-01
13 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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