Detail Lonesome Highway: Transport Trends   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 403 no. 8783 (May 2012), page 57-58. Topik: Travel; Trends; Economic Conditions Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.71 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel Domestic travel has got a lot easier in the past 40 years. Vehicles are faster and more efficient; far more people have driving licenses; many households now own two cars. Public transport has improved. Even bicycles are lighter and zippier. The broad perception is that the country's transport networks are creaking under the strain of so many people. Yet, oddly, people are traveling less. Car and van mileage has fallen over the past four years, mainly because of the economic slump. Yet this comes atop a longer-run trend: for around 15 years, Britons have been making fewer journeys. According to the Department for Transport, the average person now goes on only slightly more trips than he did in the early 1970s, mostly by car. Between the mid-1990s and 2010 individuals made 19% fewer shopping outings. Jaunts to see friends dropped by fully 22%, thanks to a fall in visits to private homes. Why? The trend is not entirely restricted to Britain. There has been a roughly concurrent decline in shopping trips in America, for example, as well as a fall-off in commuting and business trips. But the British trend is particularly stark, partly because Britain collects unusually good, timely data on how its people move. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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