Table 1 Profiles of participants (alphabetical order of pseudonyms)
Pseudonym | Age (years) | Description of commute before relocation | Description of commute after relocation |
|---|---|---|---|
Alice | 33 | Drove to the park-and-ride, then took the bus | Does the same from her new home, which is a similar distance from work |
Andy | 31 | Cycled to the station (15 minutes), took the train to Cambridge and cycled to work (10 minutes). For the first two years in this house he drove to work, before beginning to take the train | Does the same (cycle, train, cycle) from his new house, which is a similar distance from work |
Anna | 40 | Drove most of the way to work, parked in a residential area and then walked the remaining distance to work (around 10 minutes) | Does the same from her new home |
Beth | 40 | Drove to the park-and-ride, and then walked from there to work | Does the same from her new home, which is further from work |
Chloe | 32 | Lived close to work and cycled five minutes to get there | Walks 10 minutes to the bus stop, and takes the bus to work |
Chris | 31 | Cycled seven miles to work on two or three days each week, and drove on the other days | Lives too far from work to cycle and drives every day |
Clare | 30 | Cycled to work | Lives closer to work and uses a scooter |
Daniel | 45 | Drove and occasionally cycled | Still drives to work from his new home, which is closer to work |
Dave | 25 | Walked to work; has also used the bus | Walks to work (45 minutes). He has signed a contract for a new flat, and will soon be moving home much closer to work |
Deborah | 42 | Cycled | Still cycles. The new commute is longer (25 minutes) |
Emily | 34 | Cycled | For her new job she walks to work (20 minutes) |
Emma | 30 | Took the bus, or occasionally drove | Cycles to work (15–20 minutes) from her new home, which is closer to work |
Gemma | 37 | Cycled to work with her children in a trailer | New commute is too far to cycle, especially with the children, so she now drives |
George | 27 | Cycled (15 minutes) | Either walks (12 minutes) or cycles (six minutes); his new home is closer to work |
Grace | 57 | Either cycled or walked (40 minutes) | New home is further from work. She walks to the station (15 minutes), takes the train to Cambridge, then cycles (10 minutes) to work |
Jack | 49 | Cycled | Still cycles; the new journey is slightly longer |
Kate | 52 | Walked | Still walks; the duration of the journey is similar (20 minutes) |
Laura | 29 | Cycled | Her new job is further from home and she needs her car for work, so she now drives to work each day |
Liz | 46 | Drove | She drives to work (lives closer to work) |
Lucy | 30 | Cycled (40 minutes) | Cycles (20 minutes) |
Megan | 48 | Drove to the park-and-ride, and then walked to work | Walks (five minutes) |
Mike | 55 | Motorbike | Walks to the station (15 minutes), takes the train to Cambridge, and then walks to work (15 minutes) |
Rebecca | 41 | Drove | She drives to work (new home is closer to work) |
Sophie | 28 | Cycled four days a week and ran one day a week | She now works in London; she walks to the station (eight minutes), takes the train to London, then walks to work (10 minutes) |
Susan | 41 | Combination of walking and cycling | She still walks (22 minutes) or cycles a similar distance to her new job. She is in the process of buying a new house further from work, and plans to continue cycling or to use public transport |
Zoe | 37 | Used to live in her own home; then she moved in to her mother’s house (further from work) to care for her when she became ill, and drove to work | She is now living back at her own home again and either drives or cycles to work |