Measuring and Explaining the Increase of Travel Distance: A Multilevel Analysis Using Repeated Cross Sectional Travel Surveys

Spatial mobility in the industrialised countries is ever increasing. In West-Germany the total mileage travelled annually by all modes of transportation grew by 40 % over the last two decades (1982 to 2002) to 900 billion kilometres, with the reliance on the use of the car becoming more pronounced. Now 80 % of travel as measured in kilometres is by car drivers and passengers.

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Lipps, Oliver ; Kunert, Uwe
Publisher:	Berlin : Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)

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Series:	DIW Discussion Papers ; 492
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	491231490 [GVK] hdl:10419/18343 [Handle] RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp492 [RePEc]
Source:	EconStor

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