@article{ref1,
title="Choice and disadvantage in low-car ownership households",
journal="Transport policy",
year="2012",
author="Delbosc, Alexa and Currie, Graham",
volume="23",
number="",
pages="8-14",
abstract="Although car ownership in general has been much studied, less is known specifically about households that must share a car between multiple drivers. This paper reports on a survey of households in Melbourne and the Latrobe Valley of Australia that contain one car but more than one adult. One-third of the survey sample said they could afford another car if they wanted but chose not to (&quot;voluntary&quot; one-car households), and there were important differences between these households and those that could not afford another car (&quot;involuntary&quot; one-car households). Low-car households travelled half the daily vehicle kilometres of households with at least as many cars as adults and the majority said they had no travel problems. Voluntary one-car households lived in areas with more alternatives to car-based transport and did not experience restrictions on their mobility. However, involuntary households did not have as many transport options, relied heavily on car-based travel, faced greater restrictions on their activities, had fewer social support networks and had lower psychological well-being. This provides an important caution to policies that attempt to limit car ownership if households cannot adjust to the negative consequences.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0967-070X",
doi="10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.06.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.06.006"
}