Low density suburban development and excessive use of automobiles are associated with serious urban and environmental problems. In this study Tan Yigitcanlar, Jago Dodson, Brendan Gleeson and Neil Sipe develop new approaches for assessing the containment of travel within planned development. Their key aim is to clarify and map the relationships between trip generation and...

Drawing on evidence from four schools Claire Ridgewell, Neil Sipe and Nick Buchanan find that far fewer children are cycling or walking to school than in previous generations, and that more and more are being driven to school by car. Schools in different locations have different travel patterns, however, with two schools in suburban areas...

Studies of urban travel – where people travel to, how they get there, for what purpose and for how long – have become increasingly sophisticated in their recognition of the complexity of urban travel.

This paper explores the causes of, and evaluates possible remedies for, the decline of public transport in Melbourne. The exploration is carried out through a comparison of public transport policy in Melbourne, where with Toronto.