Project
RAND Europe Focus on Migration Research
Aug 27, 2021
This study examined evidence on how migration is likely to impact transport networks and congestion. The research was comprised of two phases: a literature review followed by empirical analysis using UK data.
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RAND Europe has been commissioned by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to collate evidence on how migration is likely to impact transport networks and congestion. This study was comprised of two research phases: a literature review followed by empirical analysis. Through the targeted literature review, we mapped the state of knowledge on the travel behavior of migrants (including travel frequency, mode choice, home and work location) and the associated impacts on the transport network. Almost all of the existing evidence found was from outside the UK. In the second phase, we undertook empirical analyses using UK data to provide a quantitative understanding of UK migrants' specific travel behaviour and impacts. This study informed the UK Migration Advisory Committee's (MAC's) thinking on the social impacts of migration. It provides one of the first studies using UK data to provide an empirical evidence base about migrants' travel behaviour and impacts.
Chapter One
Introduction
Part One
Literature Review
Chapter Two
Background
Chapter Three
Travel behaviour of migrants
Chapter Four
Travel of ethnic minorities in the UK
Chapter Five
Conclusions from the literature review
Part Two
Empirical Analysis
Chapter Six
Introduction
Chapter Seven
Definitions, methods and data
Chapter Eight
Migrants' travel behaviour
Chapter Nine
Impact analysis
Chapter Ten
Conclusions
Appendix A
Databases and search terms
Appendix B
Data scoping
Appendix C
Results of the multinomial logit model
Appendix D
Marginal external costs for cars: values before aggregation
The research described in this report was prepared for the Migration Advisory Committee and conducted by RAND Europe.
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