Workplace Location, Modal Split and Energy Use for Commuting Trips

Petter Naess and Synneve Lyssand Sandberg
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Petter Naess: Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, P.O. Box 44, Blindern, N-0313 Oslo, Norway
Synneve Lyssand Sandberg: Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, P.O. Box 44, Blindern, N-0313 Oslo, Norway

Urban Studies, 1996, vol. 33, issue 3, 557-580

Abstract: A study of six companies in Greater Oslo indicates that both the modal split and the energy use for journeys to work are to a high extent influenced by the geographical location of the workplace. Employees of workplaces in peripheral, low-density parts of the urban area are far more frequent car drivers and use considerably more energy for journeys to work than employees of workplaces located in central, high-density areas. A study of long-term consequences of workplace relocations within the urban area shows that the immediate increase in average commuting distance of a workplace moving to the urban fringe, has not been reversed by subsequent turnover and residential changes among the employees.

Date: 1996
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