Les nouvelles dynamiques intra-métropolitaines de l'emploi favorisent-elles des migrations pendulaires plus « durables » ? le cas de la région métropolitaine de Montréal, 1998-2003

Using a very detailed and disaggregated classification of job location, this study aims at better describing the evolution of commuting distances and mode choice associated with new forms of employment distribution in the Montreal metropolitan region (polynucleation vs. scatteration). For this purpose, we use the 1998 and 2003 OD survey of the Montreal Metropolitan Transport Agency. Our results clearly underline the fact that if polynucleation is associated with less “sustainable” commuting, the use of a more detailed classification of employment zones, distinguishing between core and frame of the most important job centers, sheds light on the fact that this trend is, to a large extent, offset by new forms of employment diffusion around these job centers, which are associated with more “sustainable” commuting. © 2008 Lavoisier, Paris. Tous droits reserves.