The Urban Transport System

Le système des transports urbains

Alain Bonnafous ()

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Abstract: The urban transport system is halfway between a residency and activity location system and a complex system of social relations and practices. It irrigates the town by responding to its changes. To a large extent, it actually enables change. Towns would not have been able to spread over such a wide area if walking or animal traction had been the only means of transport. However, this transport system also has its own dynamic comprising two types of competition. The first, which is as old as the town itself, is the competition for the use of the highways. The second has to do with technological development and is the competition between means of transport. Both interact in accordance with increasingly well-known mechanisms, to the extent that this dynamic can be represented by a simulation model. Such a model can be used to explore the possible future prospects for the transport system based on economic developments and alternative transport policies.

Keywords: Aménagement urbain; modes de transport; répartition modale; système des transports urbains; usage de la voirie; financement public; modèle QuinQuin; mobilité urbaine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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Published in Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, 1996, Regard socioéconomique sur la structuration de la ville, 294-295, pp.99-108. ⟨10.3406/estat.1996.6087⟩

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DOI: 10.3406/estat.1996.6087

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