Travel Time in a Brazilian City

• Published in: Social indicators research Vol. 93; no. 1; pp. 219 - 222
• Main Authors: Mont'Alvão, Arnaldo, Aguiar, Neuma
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01.08.2009; Springer; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Automobiles; Black people; Brazil; Bus transit; Case studies; City buses; Commuting; Diaries; Fares; Human Geography; Interpersonal Relationship; Labor market; Leisure, Space, and IT; Men; Metropolitan areas; Microeconomics; Motor Vehicles; National Surveys; Passengers; Public good; Public Health; Public transportation; Quality of Life Research; Race; Sex; Social behavior; Social Class; Social Sciences; Socioeconomic factors; Socioeconomic Status; Sociology; Studies; Technology; Time budgets; Time series; Time use; Time Utilization; Transportation; Travel; Travel time; Urban Areas; Urban population; Brazil; Travel Time; Travel Pattern; Average Travel Time; Transportation Mode; Black People
• ISSN: 0303-8300; 1573-0921
• DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9373-x

This article examines daily movement in Belo Horizonte, the third largest metropolitan area in Brazil, with a population of 4.5 million. It follows Hagerstrands (1978) observation that movements in space are also time movements. Harvey and Taylor (1999) have pointed to the tendency for persons with low social interaction (people who work at home, for example) to travel more. Mokhtarian and Salomon (2001) have theorized about the differences in travel patterns by sociological factors like: class, gender and race. Increases in travel also reflect increases in work opportunities, higher employment rates and increased education, as well as the development of new transport technologies. These movements across the city are important to understand how contemporary societies have changed to allow people to have larger access to city services and amenities. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]