SUBSTITUTION AND COMPLEMENTARY EFFECTS OF INFORMATION ON REGIONAL TRAVEL AND LOCATION BEHAVIOR

Current thought on the impact of information technology on society generally argues that it will, among other things, increasingly become a substitute for trip taking. There is also a school that argues that it is also emerging as a complement to transportation. This paper examines these arguments through a literature review with model development and numerical experimentation. The conclusion is that substitution effects will be sufficient to induce concentration of new growth in U.S. metropolitan regions far beyond the current "edge city" periphery.