Unwanted Excess Commuting: Proximate Commuting, Transportation Demand Management and the Transportation-Land Use Connection

O f current theoretical controversies in urban pianning, arguably few have fartherreaching implications for policy than the debate on the relationship between transportation and land use. On the one hand, the transportation-land use relationship or connection focuses on the influence of transportation policy, including transportation services, infrastructure, and pricing, on individual and firm location decisions in a metropolitan area. On the other hand, the connection also encompasses the influence of individual and firm location decisions on transportation policy.