Understanding Attitudes towards Proenvironmental Travel: An Empirical Study from Tangshan City in China

Fang, Xiaoping; Xu, Yajing; Chen, Weiya

doi:10.1155/2014/963683

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“…According to the TPB, people act after they have formed a BI, which in turn is mainly predicted by attitude (ATT) towards a specific behavior; subjective norm (SN), which represents the expectations of other important people; and perceived behavioral control (PBC), which is the sense of being able to perform the desired action [ 15 , 18 ]. The TPB emphasizes psychological factors of related behaviors and is a universal model that could predict and explain various PEBs, such as pollution reduction intention [ 19 ], choice of travel mode [ 10 , 20 , 21 ], energy-saving behavior [ 22 , 23 , 24 ], use of alternative transportation [ 25 , 26 ], low carbon consumption [ 27 ] and so on. Many meta-analytic reviews have confirmed that individual BI and actual behavior can be well explained and predicted by the TPB [ 28 , 29 ].…”

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Young People’s Behavioral Intentions towards Low-Carbon Travel: Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior

2021

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With the rapid development of China’s economy and the rapid growth of the population, the demand for traffic is gradually changing from slow to fast, and the traffic congestion, air pollution, climate change and public health problems are becoming increasingly prominent. As residents’ willingness for low-carbon travel plays a crucial role in alleviating the problems caused by traffic, many studies pay attention to this aspect, but young people are still an obviously neglected group in the study of willingness for low-carbon travel. The novelty of this study lies in the extension of environmental concern and perceived moral obligation to the theory of planned behavior to explore the factors influencing young people’s low-carbon travel behavioral intention. The structural equation modeling is validated with a sample of 235 young respondents. The results show that attitude, perceived behavior control, environmental concern and perceived moral obligation have a significant positive correlation with young people’s low-carbon travel behavioral intention, while subjective norm has not. By revealing young people’s intention of low-carbon travel, this study could help to enhance the understanding of young people’s low-carbon travel choices, and could provide guidance for how to guide young people to choose low-carbon travel in the future.

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Young People’s Behavioral Intentions towards Low-Carbon Travel: Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior

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“…In China, urban roads are becoming increasingly crowded, and the service quality of PT has seen a rapid downturn with the explosive growth of private cars. As a result, people have gradually abandoned PT, causing a vicious circle of urban traffic development [3]. Many governments have attempted to mitigate the trend of travelling by private cars through methods such as limiting travel and the purchase of cars, but to no avail.…”

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Expanding the Theory of Planned Behaviour to Reveal Urban Residents’ Pro-Environment Travel Behaviour

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Exploring the mechanism that influences the choice of urban public travel mode is an important policy research topic that can promote urban residents’ pro-environment travel (PET) behaviour and relieve the pressure on urban traffic and environmental problems. By expanding the theory of planned behaviour by considering the effects of the quality of public transport service and individual behaviour, this paper establishes a mixed PET behaviour model. Grounded theory is used to analyse data obtained from in-depth interviews, with the aim of determining the relationships among different attributes of the quality of public transport service and PET. An empirical examination in the form of a questionnaire was conducted in Changsha, China, to obtain the intensity and mechanism of various factors influencing pro-environment behaviour decision-making. The results reveal three new pieces of information. First, the influence of many psychological variables (except subjective norms) is consistent with the prediction results of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), and the predictions of the model are accurate. More specifically, intention (0.535) and habit (0.354) are key factors in PET behaviour, while attitude (0.527) has the most significant effect on intention towards PET behaviour. Second, the perceived service quality of public transport has a direct and significant impact on intention towards PET behaviour. Satisfaction with public transport service quality exerts a mediating effect on perceived service quality and PET behaviour. More specifically, operation and management (0.808) and vehicle environment (0.809) have the most important influence on intention towards PET behaviour. Last but not least, the extent of the influence of PET behaviour varies based on travellers’ demographic characteristics. The driving age, income and ownership of private cars show the greatest impact. The perceived service quality of public transport and travellers’ social and economic characteristics all play roles in the psychology of travel decisions, and are associated with PET behaviour on several distinct levels. From the perspectives of passenger psychology, public transport service quality and personal attributes of passengers, this paper provides a scientific basis for decision-making in transportation systems and the formulation of traffic intervention strategies to promote voluntary public reductions in carbon-intensive travel behaviour.

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“…These values match what would be expected from a sustainable transport system. Studies conducted in other geographical areas highlight that the gender variable is significant regarding attitudes and the propensity to want to change policies and behavior, but also that gender interacts and is co-dependent with other socio-demographic variables [66][67][68][69][70]. These studies on the gender differentials in behavior and attitudes suggest that, if women were equally represented in policymaking, the gender differentials would be carried over to impact policymaking.…”

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Investigating the Link between Transport Sustainability and the Representation of Women in Swedish Local Committees

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There are large discrepancies in the transport sector along gender lines in travel patterns and means of transportation used, but also in attitudes and norms among citizens, planners and decision-makers, with women generally more positive towards measures involving the lowering CO2 emissions. At the same time, the number of women involved in transport-related decisions is low. This is a problem for gender equality but possibly also for sustainability. A careful review of previous studies indicated a lack of analyses on the subject based on quantitative data at the local level. We investigated a possible link between women’s presence in local policymaking and more sustainable transport policies, and whether it is possible to capture such an effect. The main contribution of this paper is a methodological approach in which, besides generating unique data on representation in municipalities (confirming men’s dominance, specifically in transport policymaking), possibilities for quantitatively measuring gender and the level of sustainability in transport planning are discussed and tested. Challenges in collecting relevant data and analyzing possible covariances in the data set are discussed and presented as well as suggestions for further investigations into the possible link between gender and sustainable transport performance.

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Understanding Attitudes towards Proenvironmental Travel: An Empirical Study from Tangshan City in China

Cited by 6 publications

References 23 publications

Young People’s Behavioral Intentions towards Low-Carbon Travel: Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior

Young People’s Behavioral Intentions towards Low-Carbon Travel: Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior

Expanding the Theory of Planned Behaviour to Reveal Urban Residents’ Pro-Environment Travel Behaviour

Investigating the Link between Transport Sustainability and the Representation of Women in Swedish Local Committees

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