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Victoria Transport Policy Institute Website: Email: 1250 Rudlin Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, CANADA Phone & Fax 250-360-1560 "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity" Institute for Science and Technology Policy Murdoch University Website: E-mail: South Street, Murdoch, WA, 6150, AUSTRALIA Phone +61-8-9360-2913 Fax +61-8-9360-6421 1996-1999 All Rights Reserved Automobile Dependency and Economic Development by Todd Litman Victoria Transport Policy Institute and Felix Laube Institute for Science and Technology Policy Murdoch University, Perth, Australia 6 August, 2002 Abstract Automobile Dependency consists of high levels of per capita Automobile travel, Automobile oriented land use patterns and limited transport alternatives.

Automobile Dependency and Economic Development 1 Introduction Automobile dependency is defined as high levels of per capita automobile travel, automobile oriented land use patterns and reduced transport alternatives.1 The opposite of automobile dependency is a balanced transportation system with more mixed travel

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