Coping with the costs of car dependency: A system of expedients used by low-income households on the outskirts of Dijon and Paris

Leslie Belton Chevallier, Benjamin Motte-Baumvol, Sylvie Fol and Yves Jouffe

Transport Policy, 2018, vol. 65, issue C, 79-88

Abstract: Living on low incomes and in a car-dependent area is often interpreted as a double burden for households, even if the two characteristics are often interdependent. While their capacity for mobility is lower, low-income households in outer suburban areas are nonetheless mobile. Their capacities in this domain should not be underestimated or overlooked. They can command a set of alternative practices or expedients to deal with car-related economic stress by a set of resources derived essentially from spatial proximity. This article aims to present and analyse the diversity of these expedients for the case of outer suburban areas around Paris and Dijon. The analysis of mobility adjustments by low-income households is based on interviews of 45 households in 2011.

Keywords: Car dependency; Low-income households; Daily mobility; Expedients (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2017.06.006

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