Home-to-work mobility patterns in Spanish cities Third International Population Geographies Conference 19th-21th June 2006, Liverpool Dolores LÓPEZ, Carolina.

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Third International Population Geographies Conference19th-21th June 2006, Liverpool

Dolores LÓPEZ, Carolina MONTORO and Juan J. PONSDepartment of Geography and Territorial ManagementUniversity of Navarra

Home-to-work mobility patterns in Spanish cities

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities 1. Introduction: sources and analysed cities

2. Modal split in the daily home-to-work

mobility

2.1. Walking

2.2. Private transport

2.3. Public transport

3. Conclusions Con

tents

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

1. Introduction

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Sources for the study of the home-to-work mobility

• Lack of public oficial sources for the whole of Spain till 2001 Population Census

Intr

od

uct

ion

Project: “The historical centers of Spanish cities. Comparative analysis of their characteristics and present-day situation”. Financial support provided by Ministry of Education and Sciences (Project reference: SEJ2004-07064).

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

1. Population having no car

2. Population having no garage

3. Population making two or more journeys per day

4. Population taking less than 30 minutes per journey

5. Population working in the same city where it lives

6. Population going walking to the job

7. Population going by bicycle to the job

8. Population using private transport (car/motorbike) to go to the job

9. Population using public transport (bus, train, metro, or other

combinations of public transport) to go to the job

10. Population combining the public and the private transport

to go to the job

Vari

ab

les

(cen

sus

tract

)

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Cities analyzed

Intr

od

uct

ion

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

SevillaPeople going

walking to the job (%)

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

2. Modal Split in the daily home-to-work mobility

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

2.1. Walking

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Walk

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Population going walking to the job in the HCC (%)

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Walk

ing

Total population

< 30 minutes

Without car2 o more journeys

Bicycle

Private transport

Public transport

Other transports

WALKING

(-0.623**)

(-0.580**)

(0.701**)

(-0.555**)

(-0.648**)

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Walk

ing

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Relationship between % of population walking to work and % of population making two o more daily journeys to go to the job

(0,701**)

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Madrid León

Walk

ing

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

People going walking to the job (%)

Walk

ing

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Differences between historical city centres and the rest of the city

Walk

ing

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

2.2. Private transport

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Pri

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Population using private transport to go to the job in the HCC

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Pri

vate

tra

nsp

ort

Total population

< 30 minutes

Without car2 o more journeys

Bicycle

Public transport

Other transports

PRIVATE TRANSPORT

(-0.567**)

(0.438*)

(-0.724**)

(-0.746**)

Walking

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Pri

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ort

20 30 40 50

% people using private transport

20

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Relationship betweeen % of population having no car and % of people using private transport

(-0,724**)

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Barcelona Palma de Mallorca

Pri

vate

tra

nsp

ort

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

People using private transport to go the job (%)

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

People with vehicle: Differences between HCC and the rest of the city

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

2.3. Public transport

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Public

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%

Population using public transport to go to the job in the HCC

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Public

tra

nsp

ort

Total population

< 30 minutes

Without car2 o more journeys

Bicycle

Private transport

Other transports

(0.813**)

(0.656**)

(-0.590**)

(0.839**)

(-0.746**)

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Walking

(-0.445*)

(-0.729**)

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Public

tra

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ort

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Total population

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Relationship between total population and % of population using public transport to go to the job

(0,813**)

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Public

tra

nsp

ort

Madrid Badajoz

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

People using public transport to go the job (%)

Public

tra

nsp

ort

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

People using public transport to go the job (%)

Public

tra

nsp

ort

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

People using public transport: Differences between historical city centres and the rest of the city

Public

tra

nsp

ort

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

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Population using bicycle to go to the job in the HCC

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Cities analyzes

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

3. Conclusions

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Con

clu

sions

• The home-to-work mobility in the Spanish cities

analized shows the following patterns:

1. The predominant pattern in the city as a whole is

more important than the differences between the

historical city centres and the rest of the city.

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Differences between historical city centres and the rest of the city. Mean of the 25 capitals of province.

-20 -10 0 10 20

Private transport

Public transport

Others transports

Take less than 30 minutes

2 or more journeys

Bicycle

Working in the same town

Without vehicle

Without garage

Walking

sd 13,9

sd 8,9

sd 6,6

sd 5,6

sd 4,0

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Con

clu

sions

2. These differences show that the historical city

centres are places more suitable to go walking to work

and with more difficulties to use the private transport.

3. The distribution of the modal-split is the following: 1)

Private transport (40%); 2) walking (39,6%); 3) Public

transport (15% ), and 4) Bicycle and others

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Con

clu

siones

4. Conclusions show that go walking and the use of

private transport is related to a lower use of public

transport.

5. Go walking to the job is associated with a higher

frequency of journeys per day. The use of private

transport is strongly related to the availability of a car.

6. The total population is the more important variable in

the modal split patterns.

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Public transport< 30 minutes

Withour car

2 o more journeys

Bicycle

Private transport

Other transports

(-0.567**)

(0.595**)

(-0.649**)

(0.606**)TOTAL

POPULATION

Walking

(-0.416*)

(-0.623**)

(0.813**)

Home-to-work

mobility

patterns in

Spanish cities

Dolores LÓPEZ, Carolina MONTORO and Juan J. PONSDepartment of Geography and Territorial ManagementUniversity of Navarra

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Third International Population Geographies Conference19th-21th June 2006, Liverpool