noun phrase · academic
transport demand management
UK/ˈtræn.spɔːt dɪˈmɑːnd ˈmænɪdʒ.mənt/US/ˈtræn.spɔːrt dɪˈmænd ˈmænɪdʒ.mənt/TRANS·port de·MAND MAN·age·ment
policies and measures that reduce or redistribute demand for private vehicle travel, such as promoting public transport or staggered working hours
Examples
“Transport demand management can include incentives for cycling and congestion charging.”
“Employers can support transport demand management by offering flexible hours.”
“A mix of measures is usually needed for effective transport demand management.”
Band 8 sentence
“An effective transport demand management strategy combines incentives for public transport use with disincentives for single-occupancy car journeys.”
Collocations
- implement transport demand management
- transport demand management measures
Word family
Common mistakes
traffic management→transport demand management
reduce traffic→transport demand management
Say it for a higher band
5reduce traffic→6demand management→7+transport demand management
Synonyms
demand management
Easily confused
traffic management
“Traffic management systems adjust signal timings to improve flow.”
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