Meteorological variation in daily travel behaviour: evidence from revealed preference data from the Netherlands

Creemers, Lieve; Wets, Geert; Cools, Mario

doi:10.1007/s00704-014-1169-0

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“…The impact of wind on walking is questionable, with some studies finding that wind significantly impacts walking and others finding no significant impact [49][50][51][52]. A rapidly growing body of literature explores the relationship between wind and sustainable transportation mode choice [38,39]. In most cases, wind is studied as a variable that constitutes a weather or microclimatic condition.…”

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“…Understanding the effect of wind on sustainable transportation mode choice in San Francisco will benefit the planners and policy makers of the city, as well as those in other cities who seek similar goals. A rapidly growing body of literature explores the relationship between wind and sustainable transportation mode choice [38,39]. In most cases, wind is studied as a variable that constitutes a weather or microclimatic condition.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Does Wind Discourage Sustainable Transportation Mode Choice? Findings from San Francisco, California, USA

Kim

Macdonald

2016

Sustainability

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This paper explores whether and to what extent wind discourages sustainable transportation mode choice, which includes riding public transportation, bicycling, and walking. A six month-long field study was carried out at four locations in San Francisco, a city that has been promoting sustainable transportation mode choice but that experiences high wind levels. It involved surveying pedestrians and on-site recording of microclimate data using various instruments. The survey adopted a mixed-method approach to collect both quantitative and qualitative data. Statistical analyses using Kruskal Wallis tests and ordinal logistic regression models identified the significant effect of wind speed on San Francisco's residents in estimating their discouragement for waiting at transit stop without shelter, bicycling, and walking. Qualitative data revealed a deeper understanding of how wind influences their sustainable transportation mode choice. This research argues for the need to adopt climate-based efforts in urban planning and policy and sheds light on the climate resilience of cities

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Does Wind Discourage Sustainable Transportation Mode Choice? Findings from San Francisco, California, USA

Kim

Macdonald

2016

Sustainability

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“…A body of studies used statistical analyses to estimate the impacts of microclimate and individual physiological parameters on perceived outdoor thermal comfort (Pearlmutter et al 2014;Tung et al 2014;Creemers et al 2015;Kim & Macdonald 2016). While some of them considered the dependent variables to have interval properties, meaning that the distances between each vote are equal for convenience of analysis, we argue that it may make more sense to regard them as ordinal since the distances are likely to be unequal.…”

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Measuring the effectiveness of San Francisco’s planning standard for pedestrian wind comfort

Kim

Macdonald

2016

International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ec

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In 1985, San Francisco adopted a wind comfort standard in its Downtown Area Plan in response to increasing concerns about the city's downtown public open spaces becoming excessively windy. After 30 years of implementation, this study revisits the standard and examines its effectiveness in promoting pedestrian comfort. 701 valid samples were collected from 6 months of field study, which combined surveying pedestrians and on-site collection of microclimate data. Statistical analysis and an assessment using the physiological equivalent temperature (PET) show that 11 mph (4.92 m/s), the comfort criterion in places for walking, performs as an effective determinant of outdoor comfort in San Francisco. This study sheds light on climateresilience of cities as they have become key urban challenges today.

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“…In addition, the importance of trip motive on modal choice was demonstrated by Stradling (2011) and Creemers et al (2014). Finally, Creemers et al (2014) underlined the significant effect of weather conditions on modal choice.…”

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“…Furthermore, various service-quality attributes contribute significantly to the mode choice decision process, including seat availability, the necessity of making transfers and punctuality of transit systems (Arentze and Molin, 2013;Creemers et al, 2012;Outwater et al, 2011). In addition, the importance of trip motive on modal choice was demonstrated by Stradling (2011) and Creemers et al (2014). Finally, Creemers et al (2014) underlined the significant effect of weather conditions on modal choice.…”

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Knowledge of the concept Light Rail Transit: Exploring its relevance and identification of the determinants of various knowledge levels

Creemers

Tormans

Bellemans

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Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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This paper explores the knowledge of the concept 'Light Rail Transit' (LRT) in the context of implementing a Light Rail system in a (sub)-urban region. To this end, three models are estimated: a first model to explore the role of knowledge on modal choice, a second one to identify the determinants of the level of knowledge and a third model to identify the determinants of a cognitive mismatch between actual (real) knowledge and perceived knowledge. The first model (a negative binomial regression model) underlines the significant relation between knowledge of the concept LRT and modal choice. Given the lack of knowledge of the concept 'Light Rail Transit' revealed by the descriptive results, it is of crucial importance to raise the level of knowledge. Knowledge acquisition can be based on transit experiences and information provision. To explore how information campaigns should be constructed and which target groups should be approached, the factors influencing travelers' knowledge and the determinants of a cognitive mismatch are identified by a Multinomial Logit Model (MNL-model) and a Binary Logit Model. The results show that various socio-economic variables as well as socio-psychological variables are significantly influencing actual knowledge and significantly influencing a cognitive mismatch. Among these variables, employment, gender, perception of ticket price of Public Transit (PT) and expectations with regard to seat availability in the LRT-vehicle are the most influential ones.

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Meteorological variation in daily travel behaviour: evidence from revealed preference data from the Netherlands

Cited by 53 publications

References 38 publications

Does Wind Discourage Sustainable Transportation Mode Choice? Findings from San Francisco, California, USA

Does Wind Discourage Sustainable Transportation Mode Choice? Findings from San Francisco, California, USA

Measuring the effectiveness of San Francisco’s planning standard for pedestrian wind comfort

Knowledge of the concept Light Rail Transit: Exploring its relevance and identification of the determinants of various knowledge levels

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