Who Does Not Make the Trips They Want? Evidence from Montreal

Transport planning is, at its core, about enabling people to reach the activities that matter to them. Yet for some people, this goal goes unmet. In this paper, we examine the prevalence and distribution of foregone travel (trips people wanted to make but did not) and transport-related foregone travel (foregone travel attributed to transport barriers) for grocery, healthcare, and leisure destinations in Montreal, Canada. We found that approximately 21% of Greater Montreal residents reported making fewer trips than they wanted for at least one purpose, and 35% of those with foregone travel attributed it to transport barriers. Although most respondents did not report foregone travel, higher rates were reported among lower-income residents and women, while non-white residents showed higher rates of transport-related foregone travel than White residents.