Mediation Effects of Income on Travel Mode Choice: Analysis of Short-Distance Trips Based on Path Analysis with Multiple Discrete Outcomes

Author(s):  
Hong T. A. Nguyen ◽  
Makoto Chikaraishi ◽  
Akimasa Fujiwara ◽  
Junyi Zhang
Author(s):  
Kyusik Kim ◽  
Kyusang Kwon ◽  
Mark W. Horner

It is important to analyze factors that influence travel mode choice and to predict individual mode choice because this shapes people’s movement and determines their level of mobility. While there have been studies investigating how built-environment elements are associated with travel mode choice, most efforts have neglected evaluating the heterogeneity of effects that the built environment has on travel mode choice across different age groups. This study aims to examine the effects of the built environment in influencing travel mode choice across age groups in Seoul, South Korea, using a random forest approach. Our random forest model demonstrates what factors are important and how they are associated with the effects on travel mode choice. As a result, the built environment has a greater impact on the subway selection for older adults than other age groups and the random forest approach captures non-linear relationships between certain predictors and travel mode choices. Applying this approach to the travel mode choice analysis, we can examine the heterogeneous effects of the built environment on travel mode choice across different age groups.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Liu ◽  
Jun Chen ◽  
Weiguang Wu ◽  
Jiao Ye

The primary purpose of this paper is to explore the mechanism of combined travel mode choice in multimodal networks. To meet the objective, stated preference survey and revealed preference survey are designed under short, middle, and long travel distance scenarios. Data including travelers’ socio-economic/personal information, trip characteristics, and mode choice are collected and analyzed. To recognize the influential factors of mode choice, a nested logit model is established. A value of time estimation and sensitivity analysis are conducted to quantify the influencing degree. The results reveal that cost has a significant influence on the short-distance travel mode; waiting time is perceived as the most important factor in short-distance scenario, and transfer-walking time as the most significant in middle and long distance scenario. Moreover, the traveler is more sensitive to the decrease of the transfer walking time than increase. Regarding socio-economic/personal information, travelers aged 40–50 prefer to choose combined travel mode than other ages; female travelers have a greater acceptance of metro-based transfer travel than male; individuals with higher economic level have a positive image of metro than bus.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Jonas De Vos ◽  
Patrick A. Singleton ◽  
Tommy Gärling

2021 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 271-280
Author(s):  
Siliang Luan ◽  
Qingfang Yang ◽  
Zhongtai Jiang ◽  
Wei Wang

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