Evaluation of the mobility impacts of the Dutch Vinex policy
Overview
Background & policy context:
'Vinex' stands for Vierde Nota Ruimtelijke Ordening Extra, a notation of the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment ('Ministry for VROM') meaning 'Fourth note on spatial scheduling extra'. This policy paper, which appeared in the 1990s, defined not only an enormous construction task (large outer city areas were identified for massive new housing development), but also mobility objectives played an important role. By their location, design and opening-up the Vinex locations had to contribute to reducing unnecessary car mobility.
The Vinex locations were established in the 1990s as a result of the Vinex national spatial policy. In 1999 a first study was carried out to investigate the mobility patterns of the inhabitants of these Vinex locations. Recently, the ministries of VROM and Transport requested a new evaluation of the mobility effects of the now more developed and matured Vinex locations.
Objectives:
This study is an evaluation of the Vinex policy as it has been carried out. It includes an overview of whether the locations developed under the Vinex policy are still in line with the new policy objectives as described in the policy papers 'Nota Ruimte' and 'Nota Mobiliteit' ('Space' and 'Mobility').
Methodology:
The basis of this study is a statistical analysis of the mobility data of the OVG (Onderzoek VerplaatsingsGedrag - 'travel behaviour research') for the period 1998-2003.
The analysis methodology which has been used is regression analysis. A separate regression analysis for different population groups has been carried out.
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