Download or read book The Links Among the Built Environment Travel Attitudes and Travel Behavior written by Xiaodong Guan and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear understanding on the impact of the built environment on travel behavior is crucial for land use and transport planning. However, previous land use-transport studies are largely constrained to a single individual in the household and a single long-term choice (i.e. residential location). The individual was commonly used as the unit of analysis, while both long-term location/mobility choices (residential location, work location and car ownership) and daily travel behaviors could be household level decisions. Besides, previous land use-transport research usually assumed the residential location as a decision that independent with the work location, while these two location choices may be associated with each other. Ignoring intra-household interactions in travel decisions and the interdependencies between different long-term choices would lead to an incomplete understanding on the land use-transport relationship. This thesis fills these research gaps by providing a new household perspective to rethink and reexamine the relationships among the built environment, travel attitudes, and travel behavior. It extends the“individual-based”analytical framework of land use-transport research to a broader“household-based”one. Specifically, this proposed analytical framework takes the household as the basic unit of analysis, and considers interactions among different household members as well as different long-term choices. This research challenges the underlying assumptions of existing land use-transport research, and has the potential to guide the research design and model specification of future travel behavior studies. Three empirical studies were conducted to examine the proposed household-based research framework. Data was derived from a household activity-travel diary survey in 2016 in Beijing, China. The results of empirical studies indicate that: Self-selection exists in different long-term choices, including residential location, work location, commuting distance and car ownership; Travel attitudes of different household members play different roles in self-selections regarding these long-term choices; The partner's travel attitudes affect an individual's long-term choices and travel behaviors simultaneously, thereby could be additional sources of the self-selection effect; The built environment has indirect impacts on the male head’s travel behaviors through the female head’s travel choices; Besides, residential location has indirect impacts on travel behavior though the work location choice, and vice versa. In general, this dissertation confirms the significance and necessity of investigating the impact of the built environment on travel behavior from a household-based perspective. Findings in this dissertation contribute to a better understanding on the process and mechanism of household members' long-term and short-term travel choices, and further both the direct and indirect impacts of the built environment on travel behavior.

Download or read book Residential Self selection and Travel written by Wendy Bohte and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Most Western national governments aim to influence individual travel patterns - at least to some degree - through the spatial planning of residential areas. Nevertheless, the extent to which the characteristics of the built environment influence travel behaviour remains the subject of debate among travel behaviour researchers. This work addresses the role of residential-self-selection, an important issue within this debate. Households may not only adjust their travel behaviour to the built environment where they live, but they may also choose a residential location that corresponds to their travel-related attitudes. The empirical analysis in this thesis is based on data collected through an internet survey and a GPS-based survey, both of which were conducted among homeowners in three centrally located municipalities in the Netherlands. The study showed that residential self-selection has some limited effect on the relationship between distances to activity locations and travel mode use and daily kilometres travelled. The results also indicate that the inclusion of attitudes can help to detecting residential self-selection, provided that studies comply with several preconditions, such as the inclusion of the 'reversed' influence of behaviour on attitudes." -- BACK COVER.

Download or read book The Relationship Between Attitudes Neighborhood Types and Travel Behavior written by Mi Namgung and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation divides the investigation of the links between attitudes, the built environment, and travel behavior into two parts: (1) The analysis related to attitudes in travel behavior, and (2) the analysis of the effect of neighborhood characteristics on travel behavior, followed by an examination of the connection between attitudes, neighborhood characteristics, and travel behavior.

Download or read book Travel by Design written by Marlon G. Boarnet and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-03-08 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can transportation problems be fixed by the right neighborhood design? The tremendous popularity of the "new urbanism" and "livable communities" initiatives suggests that many persons think so. As a systematic assessment of attempts to solve transportation problems through urban design, this book asks and answers three questions: Can such efforts work? Will they be put into practice? Are they a good idea?

Download or read book Quality of Life and Daily Travel written by Margareta Friman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-11 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume analyses the relevance of daily travel in the quality of life of individuals. It provides a broad understanding of the links between life satisfaction, well-being and travel, the importance of commuting, and different evaluations and measures to assess the experience of commuting and quality of life. Chapters in this book relate travel and quality of life to the built environment, accessibility and exclusion, travel mode choice, travel satisfaction and emotions. It brings together distinguished researchers from a variety of academic backgrounds providing conceptualizations and applications, presented as case studies, for daily travel and well-being. Findings presented in this book are highly relevant for transport planners, transport marketers, public transport authorities, and environmental professionals in the pursuit of improving people’s life.

Download or read book Does the Built Environment Influence Physical Activity written by Transportation Research Board and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2005-01-11 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRB Special Report 282: Does the Built Environment Influence Physical Activity? Examining the Evidence reviews the broad trends affecting the relationships among physical activity, health, transportation, and land use; summarizes what is known about these relationships, including the strength and magnitude of any causal connections; examines implications for policy; and recommends priorities for future research.

Download or read book Multi dimensional Effects of Built Environment on Trip chain Travel Behavior written by Hao Pang (Ph. D.) and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dissertation's central question examined the impact of the built environment (BE) on people's trip-chain travel behavior. In contrast to trip-based research, which presumes an isolated, homogenous, single-leveled, and static relationship between BE and travel behavior, this collection of studies analyzes the interaction of a succession of decision-making processes with varying spatial limitations at different dimensions. This dissertation began by establishing a conceptual framework for evaluating the relationship between the built environment and trip-chain travel behavior. The research next evaluated the multidimensional BE impacts on the percentage of vehicle miles traveled (PVMT) and two critical trip-chain behaviors: trip-chain complexity and trip-chain mode choice. According to the tour complexity analysis, all non-auto passengers are opposed to increased tour complexity. Overall, only activity availability and density near the job and neighborhood housing type and density had a substantial effect on the BE factors. In comparison to tour complexity, the findings of the tour-level mode choice study indicate that BE characteristics are more influential in deciding mode choice. Among all BE characteristics, walkability (bike-ability) and street connection at the job and at home have the most impact. Additionally, the decision-making process for secondary mode selection is considered. The model findings suggest that the secondary mode choice is mostly determined by the primary mode choice, whereas BE characteristics close to sub-activity sites have a little effect. Only two walkability attributes have a significant influence on secondary mode choice when compared to all BE attributes close to sub-activity sites. Finally, the interdependence is evaluated by examining the relationship between tour complexity and tour-level mode selection. When the joint impacts are considered, the single-family ratio in the home zone has a substantial marginal influence on mode choice. The findings indicate that the single-family ratio in the home zone increases the probability of a drive-alone trip but decreases the probability of transit, bike, or walking tour

Download or read book The Causal Relationship Between the Built Environment and Personal Travel Choice written by Xinyu Cao and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Perception Intention Adaptation PIA Model written by Steven Spears and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent research has indicated convincing evidence of a link between characteristics of the built environment and travel behavior. However, few land use - travel behavior studies include cognitive factors (such as attitudes, perceptions, and environmental norms) that have been found to affect travel mode choice in the social psychology literature. This dissertation develops and empirically tests a theoretical framework called the Perception-Intention-Adaptation (PIA) model that brings land use and attitude-behavior theory together in order to address gaps in the travel behavior literature. Following a detailed description of the PIA model, the dissertation is comprised of three empirical essays. The analyses in these essays are based on cross-sectional and panel data collected during the Expo Line Study, the first experimental-control, before-and-after evaluation of a rail transit investment in California. The first essay evaluates the predictive power of the core socio-psychological constructs of the PIA (attitudes, norms, and control beliefs) in combination with a comprehensive set of built environment and socio-economic measures. Regression models of transit use are used to analyze cross-sectional data obtained before the opening of the Exposition light rail line in Los Angeles. The analysis indicates that two PIA constructs, attitudes toward public transportation and concerns about personal safety, significantly improve the model fit and were robust predictors of transit use, independent of built environment factors. The second essay uses panel data collected before and after the opening of the Exposition light rail line to examine changes in travel behavior. A quasi-experimental approach with experimental (within ℗ư mile of an Expo station) and control (beyond ℗ư mile) households is used to evaluate the travel effects of the opening of the Expo line at the household level. The results show a statistically significant reduction in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the experimental group, though overall transit ridership and travel-related physical activity did not change significantly. The final essay uses the before and after opening panel data to examine socio-psychological aspects of travel behavior change in response to the Expo Line opening. Random effects models of transit use, car driver trips, and active travel trips all show that the socio-psychological constructs hypothesized in the PIA model do have a significant impact on travel behavior. In addition, cross-lagged models designed to examine the attitude-behavior relationship show an apparent causal pathway from attitudes to behavior for all three travel outcomes.

Download or read book The Social Psychology of Tourist Behaviour written by Philip L. Pearce and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Social Psychology of Tourist Behaviour is a seven-chapter book that describes tourists, tourism, and tourist psychology. The book particularly explores economic, geographical, anthropological, and sociological studies of tourism. Subsequent chapters look into the social role of tourist; an approach to tourist motivation; social contact between tourists and hosts; and environmental settings of tourist behavior. The book will be useful for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and relevant practitioners, and in some cases for a rather broader public in the field of social psychology.

Download or read book Navigating Environmental Attitudes written by Thomas A. Heberlein and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The environment, and how humans affect it, is more of a concern now than ever. We are constantly told that halting climate change requires raising awareness, changing attitudes, and finally altering behaviors among the general public-and fast. New information, attitudes, and actions, it is conventionally assumed, will necessarily follow one from the other. But this approach ignores much of what is known about attitudes in general and environmental attitudes specifically-there is a huge gap between what we say and what we do. Solving environmental problems requires a scientific understanding of public attitudes. Like rocks in a swollen river, attitudes often lie beneath the surface-hard to see, and even harder to move or change. In Navigating Environmental Attitudes, Thomas Heberlein helps us read the water and negotiate its hidden obstacles, explaining what attitudes are, how they change and influence behavior. Rather than necessarily trying to change public attitudes, we need to design solutions and policies with them in mind. He illustrates these points by tracing the attitudes of the well-known environmentalist Aldo Leopold, while tying social psychology to real-world behaviors throughout the book. Bringing together theory and practice, Navigating Environmental Attitudes provides a realistic understanding of why and how attitudes matter when it comes to environmental problems; and how, by balancing natural with social science, we can step back from false assumptions and unproductive, frustrating programs to work toward fostering successful, effective environmental action. "With lively prose, inviting stories, and solid science, Heberlein pilots us deftly through the previously uncharted waters of environmental attitudes. It's a voyage anyone interested in environmental issues needs to take." -- Robert B. Cialdini, author of Influence: Science and Practice "Navigating Environmental Attitudes is a terrific book. Heberlein's authentic voice and the book's organization around stories keeps readers hooked. Wildlife biologists, natural resource managers, conservation biologists - and anyone else trying to solve environmental problems - will learn a lot about attitudes, behaviors, and norms; and the fallacy of the Cognitive Fix." -- Stephen Russell Carpenter, Stephen Alfred Forbes Professor of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison "People who have spent their lives dealing with environmental issues from a broad range of perspectives consistently abide by erroneous assumption that all we need to do to solve environmental problems is to educate the public. I consider it to be the most dangerous of all assumptions in environmental management. In Navigating Environmental Attitudes, Tom Heberlein brings together expertise in social and biophysical sciences to do an important kind of 'science education'-educating eminent scientists about the realities of their interactions with the broader public." --the late Bill Freudenburg, Dehlsen Professor of Environment and Society, University of California, Santa Barbara

Download or read book Interpersonal Behavior written by Harry Charalambos Triandis and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is particularly suitable for undergraduate courses concerned with social behaviour, such as courses in social perception, social motivation, social learning, interpersonal behaviour, and social-behaviour change. It will also be useful for courses in introductory social psychology, if it is used together with texts that cover attitudes, group behaviour, and other subfields of social psychology. The graduate student and the professional in behavioural science will find the book helpful when reviewing the field, when thinking about new hypotheses, or when preparing research proposals.

Download or read book Mapping the Travel Behavior Genome written by Konstadinos G. Goulias and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-26 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mapping the Travel Behavior Genome covers the latest research on the biological, motivational, cognitive, situational, and dispositional factors that drive activity-travel behavior. Organized into three sections, Retrospective and Prospective Survey of Travel Behavior Research, New Research Methods and Findings, and Future Research, the chapters of this book provide evidence of progress made in the most recent years in four dimensions of the travel behavior genome. These dimensions are Substantive Problems, Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks, Behavioral Measurement, and Behavioral Analysis. Including the movement of goods as well as the movement of people, the book shows how traveler values, norms, attitudes, perceptions, emotions, feelings, and constraints lead to observed behavior; how to design efficient infrastructure and services to meet tomorrow's needs for accessibility and mobility; how to assess equity and distributional justice; and how to assess and implement policies for improving sustainability and quality of life. Mapping the Travel Behavior Genome examines the paradigm shift toward more dynamic, user-centric, demand-responsive transport services, including the "sharing economy," mobility as a service, automation, and robotics. This volume provides research directions to answer behavioral questions emerging from these upheavals. Offers a wide variety of approaches from leading travel behavior researchers from around the world Provides a complete map of the methods, skills, and knowledge needed to work in travel behavior Describes the state of the art in travel behavior research, providing key directions for future research

Download or read book Driving and the Built Environment written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-01-25 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRB Special Report 298: Driving and the Built Environment: Effects of Compact Development on Motorized Travel, Energy Use, and CO2 Emissions examines the relationship between land development patterns and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the United States to assess whether petroleum use, and by extension greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, could be reduced by changes in the design of development patterns. The report estimates the contributions that changes in residential and mixed-use development patterns and transit investments could make in reducing VMT by 2030 and 2050, and the impact this could have in meeting future transportation-related GHG reduction goals.

Download or read book High Mobility in Europe written by Gil Viry and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travelling intensively to and for work helps but also challenges people to find ways of balancing work and personal life. Drawing on a large European longitudinal study, Mobile Europe explores the diversity and ambivalence of mobility situations and the implications for family and career development.

Download or read book Assessing the Impact of the Built Environment on Travel Behavior written by Andrew Tracy and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assessing the impact of the built environment on travel behavior can yield valuable tools for land use and transportation planning. In this study, a method is proposed by which geospatial characteristics of the built environment may be quantified and used to model spatial variability in travel behavior at an aggregate level. The GIS-based method explores many geostatistical concepts and their applicability to transportation planning. The models developed may be used to supplement four-step planning models that have little inherent sensitivity to changes in land use and other aspects of the built environment. This method is applied to a study area composed of Buffalo, NY, and its surrounding communities. Among the main conclusions of the study are that zonal mode choice is highly correlated to built environment factors, even when controlling for relevant household demographics such as vehicle ownership, and that home-based VHT and VMT are affected by the built environment to a lesser degree than by social or economic factors. Statistical concepts such as regression Cp minimization, principal component analysis, and power transformations are explored and found to be methodologically beneficial. To conclude the study, the method is applied to a hypothetical land use scenario to estimate the reduction in zonal vehicle dependency caused by high-density development in suburban areas.

Download or read book Encouraging Pro Environmental Behaviour written by Wokje Abrahamse and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-01-23 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encouraging Pro-Environmental Behavior: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why examines the main drivers of human behavior related to environmental sustainability and how we can encourage environmental behavior change in humans. The book explores the underlying barriers and enablers of environmental behavior and outlines key theoretical advances from psychology to improve understanding. It then uses theory-based research in the development of behavior change interventions to critically evaluate empirical evidence on the effectiveness of those interventions. This book will help inform and improve the success of behavior change initiatives to mitigate climate change. Explores what influences behavior: who conserves and why Includes both theory and practice Focuses on water and energy use, food choice and travel behavior Identifies impacts of incentives and interventions