Do changes in travellers’ attitudes towards car use and ownership over time affect travel mode choice? A latent transition approach in the Netherlands

In the present article we apply a growth mixture model using Mplus via STREAMS to delineate the mechanism underlying travel-mode choice. Three waves of an experimental field study conducted in Frankfurt Main, Germany, are applied for the statistical analysis. Five major questions are addressed: (1) whether the choice of public transport rather than the car changes over time; (2) whether a soft policy intervention to change travel mode choice has any effect on the travel-mode chosen; (3) whether one can identify different groups of people regarding the importance allocated to monetary and time considerations for the decision of which travel mode to use; (4) whether the different subgroups of people have different initial states and rates of change in their travel-model choices; (5) whether sociodemographic variables have an additional effect on the latent class variables and on the changes in travel-mode choice over time. We also found that choice of public transportation in our study is stable over time. Moreover, the intervention has an effect only on one of the classes. We identify four classes of individuals. One class allocates a low importance to both monetary and time considerations, the second allocates high importance to money and low importance to time, the third allocates high importance to both, and the fourth allocates a low importance to money and a high importance to time. We found no difference in the patterns of travel-mode changes over time in the four classes. We also found some additional effects of sociodemographic characteristics on the latent class variables and on behavior in the different classes. The model specification and the empirical findings are discussed in light of the theory of the allocation of time of Gary Becker.

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Gendered key events in the life course: effects on changes in travel mode choice over time

Journal of Transport Geography ◽

10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.04.007 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 37 ◽

pp. 47-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 73

Author(s):

Joachim Scheiner

Keyword(s):

Life Course ◽

Mode Choice ◽

Travel Mode ◽

Travel Mode Choice ◽

The Life Course ◽

Key Events ◽

Over Time

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A multi-level approach to travel mode choice – How person characteristics and situation specific aspects determine car use in a student sample

Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour ◽

10.1016/j.trf.2011.01.006 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 261-277 ◽

Cited By ~ 90

Author(s):

Christian A. Klöckner ◽

Thomas Friedrichsmeier

Keyword(s):

Mode Choice ◽

Travel Mode ◽

Student Sample ◽

Car Use ◽

Travel Mode Choice ◽

Multi Level ◽

Person Characteristics

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Identification of determinants for rescheduling travel mode choice and transportation policies to reduce car use in urban areas

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation ◽

10.1080/15568318.2017.1416432 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 12 (8) ◽

pp. 572-582 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Lidón Mars ◽

Tomás Ruiz ◽

Rosa Arroyo

Keyword(s):

Urban Areas ◽

Mode Choice ◽

Travel Mode ◽

Car Use ◽

Travel Mode Choice ◽

Transportation Policies

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Can an Experience with No Car Use Change Future Mode Choice Behavior?

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11174698 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (17) ◽

pp. 4698 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Matus Sucha ◽

Lucie Viktorova ◽

Ralf Risser

Keyword(s):

Travel Behavior ◽

Choice Behavior ◽

Mode Choice ◽

Travel Mode ◽

Car Use ◽

Transportation Modes ◽

Travel Mode Choice ◽

Travel Diary ◽

One Year ◽

Adult Family Member

In order to determine whether an experimentally induced experience has the potential to change future travel mode choice, we recruited 10 families living in a middle-sized city who used a car at least four times a week, and made them stop using the car for one month. Each adult family member kept a travel diary and interviews were conducted prior to the experiment, after one month without a car, and then three months and one year after the experiment ended. The results suggest that the participants’ attitudes towards different transportation modes did not change during the period of the study, but their actual travel behavior did. In this respect, several factors were identified that influence travel mode choice, once the participants are made aware of the decision process and break the habit of car use.

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