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A family expenditure perspective on transport planning: Australian evidence in context

Morris, J.M. / Wigan, M.R.

Abstract Australian family expenditure survey data are used to develop an appraisal perspective on transport planning issues from this social viewpoint. Comparisons are also made with data from other countries where these are available. Issues covered include: basic organisational features of family expenditure surveys; general limitations in using this source of data; the practical value of family expenditure data in the appraisal of transport needs and demands; complementary sources of data and/or refinements to family expenditure surveys. for transport planning purpose; and key research areas presently left untouched by family expenditure surveys. The family expenditure perspective is peculiarly appropriate to the examination of the social impacts of transport changes from both operational and construction standpoints: transport is a derived demand, and the examination of the patterns of constraints and revealed preferences for transport in competition with other goods in a household budget has been shown to have a clear and helpful revelance to questions of acces, mobility, and differential impacts of transport changes. There are also indications that such a viewpoint may lead to greater consistency with international findings in these areas.