scholarly journals How Employees Choose their Commuting Transport Mode: Analysis Using the Stimulus-Organism-Response Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Ludfi Djakfar ◽  
Melchior Bria ◽  
Achmad Wicaksono
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Mode Choice ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Work Characteristics ◽  
Transport Mode ◽  
Travel Experience

Although transport mode choice in commuting from home to work has been studied extensively, no prior research has investigated mode choice as an emotional response to external stimuli using the stimulus-organism-response (SOR) model. Therefore, this study applies the SOR model to explore commuters’ transport mode choice behaviour. The stimulus variables include trip characteristics, transport infrastructure and services, environment, and work characteristics; the organism variable includes the travel experience and attitude of the individual; and the response variables include use of public transport, private transport, and e-hailing. Data were collected using a questionnaire survey of 500 formal-sector workers in Jakarta; 430 respondents provided valid responses for analysis. The survey data were analysed using partial least squares-structural equation modelling. The results showed that the stimulus variables, namely, trip characteristics, transport infrastructure, environment, and work characteristics, had indirect effects on the choice of e-hailing through organism factors (travel experience and attitude). Also, the environment and work characteristic variables had an indirect effect on the choice of private transport through organism factors. Stimulus variables had no indirect effects on public transport usage. When travel experience was the stimulus variable, the indirect effect on public transport usage through attitude as the organism variable was significant. The response to the use of transport modes showed dynamic behaviour, depending on the provided stimulus and organism. These findings can be beneficial for establishing a more comprehensive strategy that includes the provision of infrastructure, improvement of transit service, the built environment, and employers’ policies to realise a sustainable commuting trip.

scholarly journals Transport Mode Choice for Commuting: Evidence from India

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Chandrasekhar ◽  
Ajay Sharma ◽  
Sumit Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Mode Choice ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Seemingly Unrelated Regression ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Transport Mode ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Unrelated Regression ◽  
Available Information

Using the first ever available information in Census of India 2011, covering 640 sub-national units (districts) in India, we analyze the correlates of modes of transport used by non-agricultural workers at the regional level covering both rural and urban areas. Providing a holistic picture from the perspective policy and academic perspective, we bring out some key stylized facts. Further, using the Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) estimation, we model the transport mode choice for commuting by the workers in the context of rural and urban India, and further extend it based on distinction in motorized and non-motorized transport modes. We find that urbanization level, population size and density along with education attainment and worker’s sex ratio (gender ratio among workers), age (elderly) and land use mix play very important role in regional pattern in transport mode choice for commuting. These results highlight the dire need for proper development of transport infrastructure and understanding its various dimensions from socio-economic, demographic and spatial point of view in the context of developing countries.

scholarly journals The Association between Regular Use of Ridesourcing and Walking Mode Choice in Cairo and Tehran

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Mostofi ◽  
Houshmand Masoumi ◽  
Hans-Liudger Dienel
Keyword(s):  
North Africa ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Mode Choice ◽  
The West ◽  
Urban Transit ◽  
Transport Mode ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Car Use ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Private Car

The rapid adoption of ridesourcing poses challenges for researchers and policymakers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), as it is an evolving new transport mode, and there is little research explaining its effects on mobility behaviors in this region. There is a concern that ridesourcing, which offers convenient and relatively cheap door to door services, encourages citizens to replace their sustainable travel modes, like walking, with car use. This effect has been studied relatively well in metropolises of the West, but less in the MENA agglomerations. This paper investigates whether regular use of ridesourcing impacts the walking mode choice in Cairo and Tehran. The analysis uses the results of 4926 face-to-face interviews in these two cities to compare the preference for using a vehicle instead of walking between regular users of ridesourcing and other motorized modes, including public bus, urban transit rails, private car, and traditional taxi. The findings indicate that in Cairo, the regular ridesourcing users are more likely than regular users of public transport to use a vehicle instead of walking inside their neighborhood. However, in both cities, ridesourcing users are less likely than regular private car users to replace walking by using vehicles.

scholarly journals How Eudaimonic Aspect of Subjective Well-Being Affect Transport Mode Choice? The Case of Thessaloniki, Greece

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Vaitsis ◽  
Socrates Basbas ◽  
Andreas Nikiforiadis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Mode Choice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Transport Mode ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
The City

In recent years, the relationship between transportation and subjective well-being has been a major subject. Well-being is a factor that can affect travelers’ psychology and transport mode choice. For this reason, policymakers have attempted to improve travelers’ subjective well-being and promote sustainable modes of transport. For a better understanding of these factors, a questionnaire-based survey was conducted to identify the travel eudaimonia aspect of subjective well-being (comfort, safety, autonomy, self-confidence, physical, and mental health), for the various means of transport in the city of Thessaloniki. During the survey, 300 valid questionnaires were completed. The collection of the above data was followed by statistical analysis. The aim of the analysis was to identify the factors of travel eudaimonia that contributed to the mode choice. For that reason, four ordinal regression models were developed to determine how travel eudaimonia affected the usage frequency of the four available means of transport in the city of Thessaloniki (i.e., private car, bicycle, public transport, walking). Walking was rated higher than other modes in all factors, whilst cycling was rated high in physical and mental health, self-confidence, and autonomy, but low in comfort and safety. Public transport scored very low in all factors, demonstrating the poor quality of service provided by the city’s public transport. Moreover, from the ordinal regression models’ results, it could be demonstrated that travel eudaimonia factors had a significant role to play in mode choice. Recognizing the impact of these factors on transport mode choice is particularly useful for policymakers, researchers, and engineers, as it helps them to make informed decisions about what improvements are needed to promote sustainable modes of transport (mainly walking, cycling, and secondarily, public transport).

scholarly journals LOGIT MODEL INTERPRETATION OF TRAVEL MODAL CHOICE/ MODAL SPLIT IN AIZAWL CITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (02) ◽  
pp. 990-999
Author(s):  
Lalrinkimi Pachuau ◽  
◽  
Vanlalchhawna a ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Logit Model ◽  
Mode Choice ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
College Teachers ◽  
Transport Mode ◽  
Private Transportation

The subject matter of this study pertains to the population of Aizawl city, Mizoram. The data is based on the usage of public or private transportation by individuals irrespective of their ownership of private vehicles. The sample includes respondents who are teachers,high-school and college teachers taken separately, of all age groups, different educational backgrounds, as also different income levels who are mobile, belonging to Aizawl city and around.The study examines only the demand side factors influencing travel decisions. The supply side aspects, relating to public transports are taken as given. A study of this kind is beneficial to many parties like the government in its policy implication and also to the private entities as it is directed towards reduced travel expense. Insight of the mechanisms of the travel decision process will benefit governments to formulate policies that better address consumers needs in transport. The study will also enable public transport managers to understand their consumers needs preference and psyche. Furthermore, since no study of this nature has been conducted for the city of Aizawl, the present study will contribute to the birth of a recorded empirical work. It will also lead to further, deeper, more significant research in the area.This study attempts to contribute to the understanding of how local public transport demand is affected by different factors. The focus of this study is to examine the cause of preference of public transportation over private or vice versa by passengers. Considering the increased use of public transportation by individuals and especially by those who also own private vehicles, it is important to understand what causes this preference of one means over the other and the personal benefits involved with it. Careful analysis also shows that the respondents prefer private transportation to public. The logit model shows that of the variables affecting transport mode choice by individual among high school teachers that is most significant is accessibility and flexibility of the private transportation. Also the variables affecting transport mode choice by individual among college teachers that is most significant is time issues secondly, accessibility and flexibility of the private transportation which was also observed in the preceding sections of the chapter The small sample size, with little variability across the quantitative variables could be the reason of the low significance, yet high odd ratios.

scholarly journals Analysis of Socio-spatial Differentiation in Transport Mode Choice Preferences

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geran-Marko Miletić ◽  
Slaven Gašparović ◽  
Tonči Carić
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Mode Choice ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Travel Behaviour ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Transport Mode ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
Representative National Sample

Starting from the fact that the transport mode choice is one of those aspects of travel behaviour that, to a great extent, affects the efficiency of the transport system, this paper analyses the factors that contribute to the use of public and car transport. The goals of the analysis were to obtain insight into the preferences for using these two modes of transport in Croatia and find out to which extent the basic demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents affect the usage of car and public transport and the possibility of taking trips by these transport modes. The paper analyses the data collected by surveys on a representative national sample. The results show that in Croatia, the number of people who frequently use public transport is far fewer than the number of frequent users of passenger car transport. However, the comparison has found that the number of frequent public transport users varies significantly among certain categories of respondents. Using binary logistic regression analysis has determined that the preferences towards the frequent use of car or public transport are significantly influenced by the age of the respondents, size of the settlement, accessibility of the destinations by public transport, the number of vehicles in the household and whether the respondent is the main car user in the household.

Examining associations between urban design attributes and transport mode choice for walking, cycling, public transport and private motor vehicle trips

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 155-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Boulange ◽  
Lucy Gunn ◽  
Billie Giles-Corti ◽  
Suzanne Mavoa ◽  
Chris Pettit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Mode Choice ◽  
Transport Mode ◽  
Design Attributes

scholarly journals Reputation, Loneliness, Satisfaction with Life and Aggressive Behavior in Adolescence

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 192-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofía Buelga ◽  
Gonzalo Musitu ◽  
Sergio Murgui ◽  
Javier Pons
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
The Relationship

The present study analyses the relationship between adolescents' perception of reputation and aggressive behavior among peers. The sample is made up of 1319 adolescents aged 11 to 16 years old. Statistical analyses with structural equation modeling were carried out to examine the direct and indirect effect of perception of reputation (real and ideal) on aggressive behavior. Results indicate that adolescents' real and ideal reputations are related both directly and indirectly to aggressive behavior. The indirect effects suggest that loneliness and life satisfaction mediate the relationship between adolescents' reputation and their aggressive behavior. These findings and their implications are discussed.

Students’ mobility attitudes and sustainable transport mode choice

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 942-962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mattia Cattaneo ◽  
Paolo Malighetti ◽  
Chiara Morlotti ◽  
Stefano Paleari
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Sustainable Transport ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Psychological Traits ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Transport Mode ◽  
Average Decrease ◽  
Travel Experience

PurposeThis study aims to explore the propensity of university students to use different sustainable transport modes, taking into account individual and specific trip characteristics, as well as students’ psychological traits (i.e. attitudes).Design/methodology/approachUsing the transport mode preferences of 827 students who responded to a travel survey, a two-step analysis is conducted. The first step examines the effects of individual characteristics, travel experience and origin or destination features on students’ stated preferences (i.e. self-selected values assigned to personal attitudes). The second step analyses students’ travel mode choices, given their intrinsic mobility attitudes.FindingsThe results suggest that informing students about environmental issues increases their propensity to use sustainable mobility, leading to an average decrease in private transport usage of 5.8 per cent. Interestingly, improving the public transport service and promoting sustainable transport mobility have different impacts on individual campus areas. For campuses located in the city centre and in the historical hamlet, improvements in public transport are found to decrease solo driving by 3.3 per cent and 5.3 per cent, respectively. In suburban areas, this value increases to 9.5 per cent.Originality/valueThis work makes two contributions to the literature. First, it focuses on an unexplored setting, namely, that of a multi-campus university, with districts located in three different areas. This is used to explain how students are influenced by their travel experience and the cultural framework in which they are embedded. Second, the two-step analysis leads to a deeper understanding of the differences between attitudes and “intrinsic attitudes”, and their relative influence on the preferred alternative.

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