The following questions were asked: • What are the key social, behavioural and economic factors that affect the time of travel (and by extension peak and off peak patterns of demand)? • Who is travelling at different times of day in our urban areas and why? • What has been the impact of new technologies and working practices on peak and off peak travel? • What has been the impact of new technologi. [...] The responses for this section were more generalised, and it is clear that more evidence is needed to answer the below questions: • What are the economic costs and benefits of peak and off peak travel in our urban areas? • Is there evidence or analysis of the contribution of off peak travel to the urban economy? • Do traditional theories of agglomeration, which justify investment for peak travel,. [...] • The Final Report, ‘All Change? The future of travel demand and the implications for policy and planning’ summarises the deliberations of the Commission. [...] Interestingly, to some extent, the significance of the peak period has some correlation with the size of the city region – the chart ranks the cities in descending order of total population (based on the 2011 census). [...] What has been the impact of new technologies and working practices on peak and off peak travel? London Travel Watch • The key factors affecting the time of travel are the expectations of employers of work start and finish times, and of educational establishments of when they expect students to start and finish their day.
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