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Table 5 Factors that influence people’s needs to visit destinations involving trips across or along a barrier
Factors | Description |
|---|---|
Age | Averages of daily trips, e.g. to playgrounds, bus stops, services for different age groups, can be derived from travel surveys [48] |
Socio-economic | Income, employment, role in the household, lifestyle orientation and preferences [83] leading to restrictions in choice of residential location, workplace, education, shopping [8, 67] |
Social connectedness within the neighbourhood | The more a person is dependent on local social contacts, the stronger the need to cross a barrier if these local contacts are located on the other side [130]. In contrast, more mobile social groups are described as less sensitive to barrier effects [130] |