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Commuting, transport and urban form: Manchester and Glasgow in the mid-twentieth century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2001

Colin G. Pooley
Affiliation:
Dept of Geography, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB
Jean Turnbull
Affiliation:
Dept of Geography, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB

Abstract

The paper explores the links between changing transport technology, individual mobility and urban form in the British cities of Manchester and Glasgow in the mid-twentieth century. The variability of individual commuting preferences is stressed, and it is argued that decisions about the provision of public transport rarely took into account the views of individual commuters. It is also suggested that factors governing modal choice have remained quite stable from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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