THE EFFECTS OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ON THE SCALE OF FOOD RETAILING

摘要: Employment centers, residential locations, and home-to-work trips have traditionally been the focus of urban transportation planning (UTP) process, while shopping social/recreational largely neglected. This paper seeks to improve understanding relationships between services other activities; specifically, it examines food retailing industry. How do systems influence scale economies retailing, how then does generate new travel demands on trips? We investigated increases in automobile usage improvements roads identify effects retailing. By tracing historical data at national level, we were able changes retail activities. The study shows that has a far-reaching effect retailing; introduced stores technological formats. reduced number increased size suggest that, over time, traffic patterns relating are significantly modified.