Life in metropolitan areas: Dependence on cars in urban neighborhoods

Publish Date

2008

Type

background

publisher

Statistics Canada

Direct Link

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-008-x/2008001/article/10503-eng.htm

This article by Statistics Canada reviews travel demand and behaviours in various types of communities including urban, suburban and small communities. The article finds that neighbourhoods composed primarily of typically suburban dwellings and located far from the city centre were characterized by an appreciably higher level of automobile dependence.