Change of location

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A change of position is when people or goods the site change.

General

Changes in location are therefore the result of activities. The activities include in particular:

The sum of all changes in location is called traffic . In this context, mobility is the possibility of changing location.

In other words, change of location is the overcoming of space in a unit of time . It is mastered directly by people as pedestrians or indirectly with the help of a means of transport . A prerequisite for changes of location is the existence of a road network , rail network , waterways or air corridors .

Changes in location are characterized by distance , frequency , regularity , expenditure of time and distribution over time.

Reason for the change of location

The purpose of the trip describes the reason for these changes in location. As each ride or origin are generally flat , workplace , training center , resort , shopping place or any other place in question. The purpose of the trip results from the combination of two of these locations. For example, if the home is selected as the start of the journey and the place of work as the destination, the purpose of the journey is commuter traffic . The destination from any start of the journey to the holiday destination is leisure traffic .

species

With regard to the type of change of location, a distinction is made between:

  • Path : is the change of location of people
  • Transport : is the relocation of people and / or goods,
  • Drive : is the change of location of vehicles ,
  • Movement (physics) : in physics, the change in location over time,
  • Movement (locomotion): the change of location of living things and
  • Transport: is the relocation of people / goods in means of transport .

Sources and goals of the change of location are called traffic cells ; they subdivide the traffic area .

Individual evidence

  1. Peter Kirchhoff, Urban Transport Planning: Concepts, Procedures, Measures , 2002, p. 1
  2. Peter Kirchhoff, Urban Transport Planning: Concepts, Procedures, Measures , 2002, p. 1
  3. Martin Korda (Ed.), Städtebau: Technical Basics , 2005, p. 216
  4. Martin Korda (Ed.), Städtebau: Technical Basics , 2005, p. 218
  5. ^ German Institute for Economic Research (eds.), Hartmut Kuhfeld / Joachim Niklas / Jutta Kloas, The development of passenger transport in the regions of the Federal Republic up to the year 2000 , 1983, p. 7
  6. Peter Kirchhoff, Urban Transport Planning: Concepts, Procedures, Measures , 2002, p. 1