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Involuntary Mobility, Gender, and Travel Demand Management in Metropolitan Phoenix
- Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 58, 1996
- pp. 9-27
- 10.1353/pcg.1996.0004
- Article
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In v o lu n ta r y M o b ility , G en d er, a n d T r a v e l D e m a n d M a n a g e m e n t in M e tr o p o lita n P h o e n ix E l i z a b e t h K . B u r n s Professor, D epartm ent o f G eography A rizona State U niversity, Tem pe, A Z 85287 P r e s id e n tia l a d d r e s s d e l iv e r e d to th e A s s o c ia tio n o f P a c if ic C o a s t G e o g r a p h e r s , S o n o m a , C a lifo r n ia , J u n e 1 6 , 1 9 9 5 M e t r o p o l i t a n p h o e n i x is an in tern atio n al ex em p lar o f a low d e n sity , a u to m o b ile -d e p e n d e n t city w h e re c a r trav e l is re q u ire d to c o n d u c t d aily a c tiv itie s (N e w m a n a n d K e n w o rth y 1989). P o p u la tio n g ro w th , p o litic a l p re ssu re fo r n e w h ig h w a y co n stru c tio n , an d effo rts to m a n a g e tra v e l d e m a n d to im p ro v e a ir q u a lity c o ex ist. T h is p a p e r fo c u se s o n h o w p e o p le an d in stitu tio n s h a v e c re a te d th is d istin c tiv e u rb a n tra v e l la n d sc a p e an d o n so m e o f its k e y c o n seq u en c es fo r trav el b e h a v io r. T h re e th e m e s in h u m a n g e o g ra p h y le n d stru c tu re to th is d isc u s sio n : d ire c t e x p e rie n c e o f th e la n d s c a p e , g e n e ra liz a tio n o f th is e x p e rie n c e , a n d e v a lu a tio n o f effo rts to m o d ify b e h a v io r in th is la n d scap e. T h e p re s e n t tra v e l la n d sc a p e e m e rg e d o v e r th e p a st 4 0 years. 9 10 A PC G Y E A R B O O K • V O L U M E 58 • 1996 E x a m in in g p e rso n a l e x p e rie n c e o f th e d aily c o m m u te p ro v id e s c o n firm a tio n o f th e d ire c t im p lic a tio n s o f th is la n d s c a p e fo r u rb a n trav e lers. M o...