scholarly journals Motivating Public Transport Use: Travel Behaviour and Integrated Ticketing for Greater Wellington

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Camilla Morley
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Travel Behaviour ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Integrated Modelling ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Service Reliability ◽  
Psychological Constructs ◽  
Car Use ◽  
Transport Behaviour ◽  
Stakeholder Communication

<p>Car use is engrained in our culture. Changing behaviour towards using more sustainable travel modes such as public transport is notoriously difficult, despite the increasing awareness of environmental problems caused by car use. Integrated ticketing is a policy measure more recently used in strategies towards achieving integrated and sustainable transport systems. It allows a passenger to travel with one public transport ticket throughout a region. This research uses a mixed method approach to assess how integrated ticketing may affect public transport use in Greater Wellington. The psychological constructs determining decisions to use public transport are tested using an integrated environmental behaviour model proposed by Bamberg and Möser (2007). The results support the integrated modelling approach. Intentions to use public transport are indirectly affected by awareness of environmental problems caused by car use mediated through social norms, guilt, perceived behavioural control and attitude. The intention to use public transport explains 56% of the variance in public transport behaviour. Integrated ticketing presents an opportunity to increase the ease and convenience of travel, shown to be important in the model. The majority of survey respondents perceived that they would use integrated ticketing in Greater Wellington and that it was important both on a regional and national scale. Achieving an effective integrated ticketing system in Greater Wellington will be conditional on firstly improving public transport service reliability and stakeholder communication. Integrating fares across the region and across modes will also be crucial to the success of the system.</p>

scholarly journals Motivating Public Transport Use: Travel Behaviour and Integrated Ticketing for Greater Wellington

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Camilla Morley
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Travel Behaviour ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Integrated Modelling ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Service Reliability ◽  
Psychological Constructs ◽  
Car Use ◽  
Transport Behaviour ◽  
Stakeholder Communication

<p>Car use is engrained in our culture. Changing behaviour towards using more sustainable travel modes such as public transport is notoriously difficult, despite the increasing awareness of environmental problems caused by car use. Integrated ticketing is a policy measure more recently used in strategies towards achieving integrated and sustainable transport systems. It allows a passenger to travel with one public transport ticket throughout a region. This research uses a mixed method approach to assess how integrated ticketing may affect public transport use in Greater Wellington. The psychological constructs determining decisions to use public transport are tested using an integrated environmental behaviour model proposed by Bamberg and Möser (2007). The results support the integrated modelling approach. Intentions to use public transport are indirectly affected by awareness of environmental problems caused by car use mediated through social norms, guilt, perceived behavioural control and attitude. The intention to use public transport explains 56% of the variance in public transport behaviour. Integrated ticketing presents an opportunity to increase the ease and convenience of travel, shown to be important in the model. The majority of survey respondents perceived that they would use integrated ticketing in Greater Wellington and that it was important both on a regional and national scale. Achieving an effective integrated ticketing system in Greater Wellington will be conditional on firstly improving public transport service reliability and stakeholder communication. Integrating fares across the region and across modes will also be crucial to the success of the system.</p>

scholarly journals Defining the psycho-social determinants of public transport use: An integrated theoretical approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla Morley ◽  
Taciano L Milfont ◽  
Sophie Bond
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Integrated Modelling ◽  
Environmental Behaviour ◽  
Psychological Constructs ◽  
Car Use ◽  
Transport Behaviour ◽  
Behaviour Models ◽  
Value Belief Norm Theory ◽  
Practical Implications

Car use is engrained in our culture. Changing behaviour towards using more sustainable travel modes such as public transport is notoriously difficult, despite the increasing awareness of environmental problems caused by car use. Many models have attempted to explain what psychological constructs activate pro-environmental behaviour. Models often adopt either an altruistic approach to pro-environmental behaviour such as Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour, or a pro-social approach using Schwartz’s norm-activation model, or Stern et al.’s value-belief-norm theory. This research tests the psychological constructs determining decisions to use public transport using an integrated environmental behaviour model recently proposed by Bamberg and Möser. The results support the integrated modelling approach. Intentions to use public transport are indirectly affected by awareness of environmental problems caused by car use mediated through social norms, guilt, perceived behavioural control and attitude. Intention to use public transport explains 56% of the variance in self-reported public transport behaviour. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Intrapersonal variability in public transport path choice due to changes in service reliability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrik Berggren ◽  
Carmelo D’Agostino ◽  
Helena Svensson ◽  
Karin Brundell-Freij
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Route Planning ◽  
Travel Behaviour ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Service Reliability ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Pt Path ◽  
Schedule Adherence

AbstractUncertainty during the course of a trip is regarded as a particularly disturbing phenomenon by public transport (PT) passengers and has been shown to have a substantial impact on travel behaviour. However, so far there has been little empirical evidence within contemporary research concerning the degree of mid- to long-term adaptation among PT passengers to changes in the principal cause of such uncertainty within PT transport systems: Lack of service departure reliability. While most studies to date have focussed on instantaneous or short-term behavioural responses, this paper presents results from a one-year panel dataset consisting of individuals’ trip itineraries derived from smart card transactions enriched by automatic vehicle location (AVL) data. We measured long-term line route usage and departure reliability, the latter in terms of headway regularity and schedule adherence, in two panel waves. Thus, we aimed for practical indicators that may be associated with specific line routes and origin–destination PT stop pairs used for recurring trips over time. Results from logistic regression indicate a consistent significant impact of changed headway regularity and punctuality change for line routes with relatively high departure frequency. However, there is a relative indifference to long-term reliability change by a significant share of individuals that have actual trade-offs between at least two line route options, possibly indicating satisficing behaviour among PT passengers. Implications on PT path choice forecasting and route planning are discussed.

scholarly journals Quality of Bus Services Performance: Benefits of Real Time Passenger Information Systems

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andres Monzon ◽  
Sara Hernandez ◽  
Rocio Cascajo
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Travel Behaviour ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Sustainable Transport ◽  
The Public ◽  
Steady Growth ◽  
Bus Services

One of the main problems in urban areas is the steady growth in car ownership and traffic levels. Therefore, the challenge of sustainability is focused on a shift of the demand for mobility from cars to collective means of transport. For this purpose, buses are a key element of the public transport systems. In this respect Real Time Passenger Information (RTPI) systems help people change their travel behaviour towards more sustainable transport modes. This paper provides an assessment methodology which evaluates how RTPI systems improve the quality of bus services performance in two European cities, Madrid and Bremerhaven. In the case of Madrid, bus punctuality has increased by 3%. Regarding the travellers perception, Madrid raised its quality of service by 6% while Bremerhaven increased by 13%. On the other hand, the users´ perception of Public Transport (PT) image increased by 14%.

scholarly journals Riding without a ticket: geography of free fare public transport policy in Poland

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Štraub
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Travel Behaviour ◽  
Policy Instrument ◽  
Transport Policy ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Good Starting Point ◽  
Characteristic Features

Abstract A policy instrument promoting a free fare public transport policy (FFPT) has recently been put into practice in 66 municipalities across Poland. By contributing to the academic debate on the concept of FFPT (e.g. Kębłowski 2019), the main goal of this paper is to create a typology of the schemes where FFPT is in operation in Poland based on analyses of a geographical mapping of these projects. This study analyses how different municipalities are implementing the concept in order to define a typology of FFTP projects and to understand how the development landscape of the urban transport system is changing in the light of free fare transport policies, topics which are not fully covered in the academic literature. The findings confirm that there is a new dynamic in the development of urban transport systems and permit the identification of key characteristics of this trend. Besides the typology of implementation of FFPT, the study also presents an up-to-date inventory of FFPT projects with the key characteristic features of each system. Although the study does not provide specific recommendations regarding the introduction of a FFPT policy, it represents a good starting point for future and more detailed studies. Such studies are necessary in order to understand the role of FFPT not only in the context of the development of a given transport system, its impact on modal split, and travel behaviour, but also to uncover the different politics which lie behind them.

scholarly journals Constraints and Motives for Sustainable Transport in Shah Alam

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Na’asah Nasrudin ◽  
Katiman Rostam ◽  
Harifah Mohd Noor
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Travel Behaviour ◽  
Sustainable Transportation ◽  
Sustainable Transport ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Car Use ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Hot Weather ◽  
Open Access Article

This study revealed the constraints and motivations to using sustainable transportation for daily trips. A total of 384 respondents was selected for this survey, represented the 36 sections of Shah Alam. The reasons provided as barriers to cycling and walking are hot weather, surrounding safety factor, unsatisfactory cycling tracks and poor condition of pedestrian lanes. Among the reasons respondents are not motivated to use public transport are inefficient services and expensive fares. However, the majority stated that the increase in petrol prices and tolls would be key factors to reduce car use and more provision of public transport would encourage them to use public transport. Keywords: constraints and motivations; sustainable transportation, travel behaviour  eISSN 2514-7528 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. https://doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v3i8.276 

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