Spatial proximity and distance travelled : commuting versus non-commuting trips in Flanders

This paper examines the relationship between daily travel distance and spatial proximity characteristics in Flanders (and partly also in Brussels), in the north of Belgium. Important regional variations in commuting trip lengths are noticed, which are related to the spatial-economic structure including aspects of population density and spatial proximity between homes and destinations such as jobs, schools or leisure. Commuter data obtained from the General Socio-Economic Survey 2001 is area covering and offers a lot of information. It is obvious that residents in the economic core areas produc... Mehr ...