Built for active travel? Investigating the contextual effects of the built environment on transportation mode choice

2021 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
pp. 103158
Author(s):  
Gamal Eldeeb ◽  
Moataz Mohamed ◽  
Antonio Páez
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Mode Choice ◽  
Contextual Effects ◽  
Active Travel ◽  
Transportation Mode ◽  
Transportation Mode Choice

scholarly journals The influence of street-scale built environment on transportation mode choice of travelers around metro stations

2021 ◽  
Vol 283 ◽  
pp. 02027
Author(s):  
Yanan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Mode Choice ◽  
Multinomial Logit Model ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Transportation Mode ◽  
Metro Station ◽  
Land Use Mix ◽  
Road Width ◽  
Transportation Mode Choice

To understand the determinants of transportation mode choice of travelers around metro stations, more and more built environment attributes have been studied and shown significant results. This study focuses on the impacts of street-scale built environment on the travelers around the metro stations. 754 trips stemming from 309 respondents were collected around Yingkoudao metro station in Tianjin, China. A multinomial logit model was estimated to predict transportation mode choice to/from the study area as a function of socio-demographic information, trip characteristics, and street-scale built environment attributes (including land use mix, road width, the shortest distance to the station, sidewalk width, number of lamps, greenery area, and traffic light presence) along the shortest route between the Yingkoudao metro station and the origin/destination around the station for the choice of metro+walk. The results show that not only the socio-demographic characteristics, but also the distance to the station, land use mix, and number of lamps significantly influence the choice of metro+walk.

A Study on the Transportation Mode Choice Behaviour of Individuals With Different Socio-Economic Status

2018 ◽  
pp. 476-493
Author(s):  
Arun Bajracharya
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Mode Choice ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Choice Behaviour ◽  
Transportation Mode ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Private Car ◽  
Transportation Mode Choice

This chapter presents a study on the transportation mode choice behaviour of individuals with different socio-economic status. A previously developed system dynamics model has been adopted by differentiating the population mass into upper, middle, and lower classes. The simulation experiments with the model revealed that generally the upper class individuals would be more inclined to use a private car (PC) instead of public transportation (PT) when their tendency is compared to middle and lower class individuals. It was also observed that lower class individuals would be more willing to use PT instead of PC when their tendency is compared to middle and upper class individuals. As such, it would be difficult to encourage the upper class individuals to use PT instead of PC, and it would be successively easier to do so in the case of middle and lower class individuals. However, the results also indicated that under certain different circumstances, the upper class individuals would also prefer to go for PT, and the lower class ones could prefer to own and use PC instead of PT.

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