Workshop SP 3, Tuesday 20 June, 16.00 - 17.30

Land use planning: density and mixed land use

Mr. Søren Underlien Jensen, Project Manager, Road Directorate, Denmark   Land Use and Cycling Research about correlation between land use and transport mode choice has focused on the choice between public transport and private cars. But is land use an important factor for the level of cycling? Two studies were made in order to answer this question. One study was an analysis of Danish towns. The analysis compares data gathered from the national travel survey and other statistical sources. Using discrete choice models made it possible to isolate effects of number of inhabitants, size of urban areas, population density, topography and income. The other study was a literature study about several aspects of land use and transport mode choice including location of work places and shops. The studies show that land use has a major influence on transport mode choice. Especially topography and population density influences the level of cycling. The number of inhabitants only influences the level of cycling, when the number of inhabitants in the town is less than 10,000. In short, people choose the bicycle more often in a dense populated, circular, flat town with more than 10,000 inhabitants, where most housing are located in the town centre - than in other towns.