Transport and Leisure
By: European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Series: ECMT Round Tables -- no.111
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9789264182370
Subjects: Transportation
Description: Leisure-related transport is a poorly known and widely underestimated phenomenon. And yet, it generates more traffic than journey-to-work travel. Indeed, the great number of leisure activities that involve transport range from shopping, visiting family or friends and sporting activities to local and international tourism. This book sets out to describe and analyse leisure-related transport in terms of flow size, points of concentration, modes of transport, temporal trends and structural changes. It then examines the consequences that growth in leisure activities could have for transport policy: integrating local and long-distance transport, increasing the use of environmentally-friendly means of transport, promoting local recreational trips or improving the living environment. This may be seen as a genuine opportunity for policymakers: in responding to the challenge posed by leisure-related transport they can indeed respond to the challenges posed by any kind of transport.
Table of contents: title: Transport and Leisure: Growth as Opportunity by G. Wolfgang Heinze, Germany; title: Transport and Leisure: Austria by Hermann Knoflacher, Austria; title: Trends in Tourism and International Flows in Europe by Francoise Potier, France; title: Leisure and Vacation: A Forgotten Travel Market? by Henk Meurs and Nelly Kalfs, the Netherlands; title: Transport and Leisure: United Kingdom by Anne Graham, United Kingdom; title: Summary of Discussions; title: Introduction; title: Leisure Trips: A Poorly Understood and Underestimated Phenomenon; title: Impact of Growth in Mobility Fueled by Tourism and Leisure Activities; title: Conclusions; title: List of Participants