Community facilities and the demand for travel

Forecasts of substantial rises in the demand for transport in future years [1] have prompted a review of land use policies which involve increasing separation between homes and other land uses [2] coupled with an increasing need to travel in order to maintain present levels of accessibility to services [3]. With these issues in mind, the present study attempts to evaluate the impact of a Community Centre on travel behaviour in the Chaddlewood area of Plymouth, a new community embodying planning values of the 1980's. While the concern for managing peak movements is well voiced, a land-use policy aimed at reducing car use for less essential leisure purposes might be more politically acceptable.