HOW DO MOTORWAYS SHAPE COMMUTING PATTERNS? AN EVALUATION BASED ON TIME SERIES.

This paper is an offspring from the research project Town, Road and Landscape held by Aalborg University in corporation with the Danish Road Directorate and The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University – 50% sponsored by the foundation Real Dania (www.bvl.aau.dk/english). The projects first phase focuses on the effect of the Danish motorway network on urbanization and spatial interaction patterns in the last 20 years. This paper presents results on how the building of the motorway network has shaped spatial interactions patterns in Denmark over a ten year period.