Source: adapted from A. Bertaud (2001) Metropolis: A Measure of the Spatial Organization of 7 Large Cities. http://alain-bertaud.com/images/AB_Metropolis_Spatial_Organization.pdf

Possible Urban Movement Patterns

Cities can structurally classified as polycentric (more common) or monocentric and major flows as organized or disorganized (more common). Cities with a higher level of reliance on public transit tend to be monocentric and have a higher level of organized flows while cities depending more on the automobile tend to be polycentric and have a more disorganized structure of flows.