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Gatnastofa, Ijósm. Ragnar Th. S
distance from the centre in the
Árhus area and in 20 km distance
from the centre of Copenhagen in
that area (see diagram).
• Inhabitants of new housing
districts in the Copenhagen area
near public transit terminals (trains
and buses) use cars 25% less than
those living far from public transit.
• Of these terminals and use the
public transit system more often
than those livíng far from main pub-
lic transit routes.
• On average, 10-25% of office
workers in the centre of
Copenhagen drive to work, 40-
60% of office workers whose jobs
were located near a main public
transit terminal and 75-85% of
office workers working in the sub-
urbs away from main public transit
routes.
• In smaller towns the use of pri-
vate cars is generally greater and
public transit worse than in the
large conurbations. Due to few
restrictions in the supply of parking
in the central areas of the smaller
towns, the difference in the number
of private car trips to work is less
compared to trips to work in the
suburbs than in the larger conurba-
tions. On average 65% used the
car for work trips in the central
areas of the smaller towns and
approximately 80% for work trips in
industrial areas on the outskirts.
• In smaller towns, relatively
many, or 10-15%, walk or bicycle
to work.
These conclusions show without a
doubt that inhabitants of new hous-
ing districts near the centres of
Danish towns and cities use the
private car less and public transit
more and travel half the distance by
private car that the inhabitants of
the suburbs cover. The location of
new housing- and industrial areas
has direct bearing on travel dis-
tance, fuel use and traffic pollution.
The conclusions indicate that with
larger conurbations and increased
densities, the competitive advan-
tage of public transit increases
compared to the private car. It is
also obvious that a dense city cen-
tre with pedestrian areas does not
thrive without an efficient public
transit system, as it is not realistic
to fulfil the demand for parking
spaces there when these areas are
redeveloped. This is known from
the larger conurbations in the
adjoining countries. It is therefore
interesting to compare these
findings about travel habits in
Danish cities to the conclusions,
soon to be published, from a study
of the travel habits in the Capital
Area of lceland. ■
Reference: Peter Hartoft-Nietsen, 2001
."Hvad betyder nye boligers og arbejdsdplad-
sers lokalisering i bystrukturen for person-
transporten?" Byplan, 6 issue, 2001 53. year,
pages 234 - 243.
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