Is the Digital Age Changing Our Desire to Drive?

More interesting stats from the US and Canada. 2 quotes:

Short commutes and proximity to transit are major factors attracting apartment dwellers to certain properties. When polled by GWLRA and Harris/Decima, 36% of apartment dwellers (owners and renters) selected their building for its short commute and 48% for transit proximity.

In the United States, kilometers driven by 18–34 year olds is declining, and this is likely the case in Canada as well (Neff, 2010). Younger generations seem to have less interest in automotive use, making apartment living in dense, walkable and transit-oriented urban areas a more natural fit for their lifestyles.

 
More here. And here as well (Relevant stuff for the Groningen people!)

Commuting and stress: a clinical trial by a journalist

Americans — and commuters in general — are experiencing ever-greater hurdles during their trips to and from work. Human beings spend an unholy number of collective hours sitting in cars and other vehicles, and pay for it in the form of an even unholier amount of emissions, work hours wasted, and money spent on gas, parking, tolls, and car maintenance. Not to mention overall well-being: According to a Gallup-Healthways poll of over 170,000 employed adults in the U.S., the longer it takes you to get to work, the greater your worry, neck and back pain and cholesterol. Plus there’s the fact that longer commutes also translate to decreased life enjoyment and less sleep.

more at the Infrastructurist

Trust, policy networks & institutional integration

Hi Everyone,

I've uploaded the following articles.

Klijn, Erik-Hans (2008). "It's the Management Stupid!, Over het belang van management bij complexe beleidsvraagstukken", oratie Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. Den Haag: Uitgeverij Lemma.

Edelenbos, Juriaan en Klijn, Erik-Hans (2007). "Trust in Complex Decision Making Networks: A Theoretical and Emperical Exploration", Adminstration and Society, 39(1), pp.25-50.

Curtis, C. and James, B. (2004) 'An institutional model for land use and transport integration', Urban Policy and Research, 22(3):277-297

The first two were sent out as background articles for the PMB Colloquium organised by Stan Majoor in April and the third is the paper about transport and land-use integration that I talked about yesterday. The second paper is the most relevant for my research.

Enjoy!

Two articles uploaded

Two articles have been uploaded in our library under 'theory'.

- Brömmelstroet, te M., P. Schrijnen (2009 forth coming), From Planning Support Systems to Mediated Planning Support, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

- Ehrmann, J., B. Stinson (1999), Joint Fact-Finding and the use of technical experts, in: Susskind (e.a.), The Consensus Building handbook. A comprehencive guide to reaching agreement, Sage, London