THE ROLE OF THE MUNICIPAL FISCAL SYSTEM IN THE TRAFFIC INCREASE IN CONURBATIONS

The constantly growing volume of motorised traffic in conurbations continues to cause political dispute about how to find and pick the most suitable measures to be taken. A closer look at the driving forces behind the trend towards a more and more car-depend society leads to the conclusion that most of the decisions which are highly relevant to the transportation and mobility patterns in urban regions, are made away from the transportation sphere and mostly without any thought given to the traffic effects they cause. As one of these areas of decision making the location choices of private households are of very substantial traffic relevance as they determine people’s framework for daily transportation decisions (mode, distances) for as long as they live in the chosen location. Especially when purchasing a house or apartment, this period can be very long. Shortly spoken: location decisions are traffic decisions (even though oftentimes not all transportation implication are taken into consideration when making the location decision). 1.2 Interaction of municipal and private location decision