America's Urban Future: Lessons From North of the Border by Ray Tomalty & Alan Mallach

Author:Ray Tomalty & Alan Mallach [Tomalty, Ray & Mallach, Alan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Architecture, General, Urban & Land Use Planning, Sustainability & Green Design, Technology & Engineering, environmental
ISBN: 9781610915960
Google: 1p9XCwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2015-11-15T23:41:18.587520+00:00

FIGURE 6-7. Consumer price of gasoline, 1950–2014

Sources: US Energy Information Administration—Retail Motor Gasoline Annual Average Prices, 1949–2001l; Natural Resources Canada, Average Retail Prices in Canada 1987–2015; other data courtesy of Paul Schimek.

The persistently higher cost of gasoline in Canada has likely affected the development and travel patterns found in its cities. Motorists can compensate for short-term rises in gas prices by curtailing discretionary driving or purchasing vehicles with higher fuel efficiency. Sustained higher prices, however, lead to more fundamental shifts in location choices and travel behavior; people tend to move closer to workplaces to reduce the length of their commute and switch to alternative modes of travel such as biking, walking, and public transit.31 All these patterns are evident in Canada.

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