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Commuting, transport and urban form: Manchester and Glasgow in the mid-twentieth century

Year: 2000

Type: article

Abstract: The paper explores the links between changing transport technology, individual mobility and urban form in the British cities of Manchester and Glasgow in the mid-twentieth century. The variability of individual commuting preferences is stressed, and it is argued that decisions about the provision of public transport rarely took into account the views of individual commuters. It is also suggested that factors governing modal choice have remained quite stable from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Source: Urban History

DOI: 10.1017/s096392680000033x

Authors: Colin G. Pooley, Jean Turnbull

Institution: Lancaster University

Language: English

Topic: Transportation Planning and Optimization

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

Funder: Leverhulme Trust