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‘Sustainable transport choices’ in consumer shopping: a review of the UK evidence
Author(s) -
Guy Cliff
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of consumer studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 1470-6423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2009.00818.x
Subject(s) - trips architecture , business , government (linguistics) , marketing , sustainable transport , the internet , consumer behaviour , transport policy , advertising , private transport , public economics , public transport , sustainability , economics , transport engineering , engineering , ecology , philosophy , computer science , biology , linguistics , world wide web
In the UK, as elsewhere in Europe, government policy aims to reduce the use of private cars for consumer shopping trips. One major instrument of policy aims to ensure that new retail development is located in places accessible by all transport modes. This paper reviews the effectiveness of this and other such policies through analysis of survey evidence relating to routine shopping behaviour in the UK. It appears that these policies are likely to have little impact upon shopping travel, given the advantages to the consumer of private car use. However, demographic trends and increasing use of the Internet for food shopping are likely to stabilize or even reduce the use of private cars in the future.