Urban development and work trips - gentrification and reurbanisation as environmental factors

What happens with the work trips when central parts of the cities become more attractive as residential areas? The observed trend of gentrification has effects on transport. Even if car use has increased during the 80s and 90s, detailed analysis of work trips of people living in the inner parts and the outer parts of Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim shows significant differences. A survey from these cities carried out in April/Mai 2001 shows that the main reason to settle in the central parts was the possibility to walk or cycle to work. Residents of the inner parts of Oslo 65 per cent walk or cycle to work, in Trondheim the proportion is 80 per cent. The probability to walk to work is highest for those who both live and work in the inner parts, and women more than men. Cycling is more common for men in the middle ages and for professionals. Car use is most common among people who live and work in the outer parts of town, people with high income and among men more than women.