Incorporating the influence of latent modal preferences on travel mode choice behavior

Vij, Akshay; Carrel, André; Walker, Joan L.

doi:10.1016/j.tra.2013.07.008

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“…Fried et al (1977) made an initial attempt to identify life cycle status as one of the major determinants of the trajectory of travel behavior adaptations, together with major changes in residential or work location. A recent study revealed that latent modal preferences are strongly correlated with life cycle characteristics (Vij et al, 2013).…”

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Revisiting residential self-selection issues: A life-oriented approach

Zhang

2014

JTLU

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It has been widely argued that residential self-selection stems from two sources: attitudes and socio-demographic traits. This argument would be true if decisions were made with respect to only residential choice and travel behavior. Because they are just a part of people's life choice, the influence of life choice on self-selection cannot be ignored. In this context, a life-oriented approach becomes relevant, where residential and travel decisions are interdependent not only with each other, but also with other life domains as a part of general life decisions. This paper conceptually argued and empirically confirmed the necessity of developing a life-oriented approach to reexamine residential self-selection issues. I proposed that life choices should be treated as an additional source of the self-selection, and dynamic interdependences between residential choice, travel behavior, and other life choices should be properly modeled. From a policy perspective, the life-oriented approach suggests that successful transport and land use policies should be designed together with policies in other significantly relevant sectors (e.g., health and environment) and such cross-sectoral policies could better contribute to the improvement of people's quality of life.

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Section: Differences From Existing Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Revisiting residential self-selection issues: A life-oriented approach

Zhang

2014

JTLU

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“…However, these services, such as maps or real-time traffic information, have no comparable impact on mode or trip choice. These choices seem to be rooted in lifestyle or activity choices [2], making them psychologically more complex, fundamental, and harder to change. Travel Feedback Programs [3] and Personalized Travel Planning [4] are the singular counterpoints.…”

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Quantified Traveler: Travel Feedback Meets the Cloud to Change Behavior

Jariyasunant

Abou-Zeid

Carrel

et al. 2014

Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems

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We describe the design and evaluation of a system named Quantified Traveler (QT). QT is a Computational Travel Feedback System. Travel Feedback is an established programmatic method whereby travelers record travel in diaries, and meet with a counselor who guides her to alternate mode or trip decisions that are more sustainable or otherwise beneficial to society, while still meeting the subject's mobility needs. QT is a computation surrogate for the counselor. Since counselor costs can limit the size of travel feedback programs, a system such as QT at the low costs of cloud computing, could dramatically increase scale, and thereby sustainable travel. QT uses an app on the phone to collect travel data, a server in the cloud to process it into travel diaries and then a personalized carbon, exercise, time, and cost footprint. The subject is able to see all of this information on the web. We evaluate with 135 subjects to learn if subjects let us use their personal phones and data-plans to build travel diaries, whether they actually use the website to look at their travel information, whether the design creates pro-environmental shifts in psychological variables measured by entry and exit surveys, and finally whether the revealed travel behavior records reduced driving. Before and after statistical analysis and the results from a structural equation model suggest that the results are a qualified success.3

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“…A growing number of studies have presented different segments of mobility types based on factors such as attitudes, behaviour, and habits with the aim of making targeted efforts to the right target groups in transport planning (Haustein and Siren, 2015;Haustein, 2012;Cools et al, 2009;Jacques et al, 2013;Vij et al, 2013). Apparently, in those studies the emphasis on age is not always relevant.…”

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Everyday Mobility and Travel Activities during the first years of Retirement

Berg¹

2016

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Mobility is central to living an independent life, to participating in society, and to maintaining well-being in later life. The point of departure in this thesis is that retirement implies changes in time-space use and altered routines, which influence demands and preconditions for mobility in numeorous ways. The aim of this thesis is to explore mobility strategies and changes in mobility upon retirement and how mobility develops during the first years of retirement. A further aim is to provide knowledge of the extent to which newly retired people maintain a desired mobility based on their needs and preconditions. The thesis is empirically based on travel diaries kept by newly retired people, and qualitative interviews with the same persons, and follow-up interviews three and a half years later. The results show that mobility is a way of forming a structure in the new everyday life as retirees by getting out of the house, either just for a walk or to do errands. Many patterns of everyday life remain the same upon retirement, but the informants also merge new responsibilities and seek new social arenas and activities. As a result, the importance of the car have not changed, but it is used for other reasons than before. After leaving paid work, new space-time constraints are created which influences demands for mobility. The study further shows that "third places" become important, especially among those who live alone, as they give an opportunity to being part of a social context and a reason for getting out of the house. The follow-up interviews revealed that declined health changed the preconditions for mobility. Daily walks had to be made shorter, and the car had to be used for most errands to where they previously could walk or cycle. However, mobility can also be maintained despite a serious illness and a long period of rehabilitation.

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Incorporating the influence of latent modal preferences on travel mode choice behavior

Cited by 142 publications

References 38 publications

Revisiting residential self-selection issues: A life-oriented approach

Revisiting residential self-selection issues: A life-oriented approach

Quantified Traveler: Travel Feedback Meets the Cloud to Change Behavior

Everyday Mobility and Travel Activities during the first years of Retirement

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