Role and Acquisition of Car-Use Habit

It has been assumed that car-use habits make people automatically choose to use the car instead of alternative travel modes such as public transport, bicycle, or walking. Consistency between intention and behavior is thus reduced in travel mode choice. In this chapter we assume that car-use habits reflect script-based choice. Based on this assumption, the chapter will describe a method for measuring the strength of car-use habit. Further, the chapter will discuss how a car-use habit is acquired, its impact on travel mode choice, and how to break it.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Corporate Authors:

  Elsevier

  Linacre House, Jordan Hill
  Oxford,   United Kingdom  OX2 8DP
• Authors:
  • Fujii, Satoshi
  • Garling, Tommy
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: First
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 235-250
• Monograph Title: Threats from Car Traffic to the Quality of Urban Life: Problems, Causes, and Solutions

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile driving; Automobile ownership; Automobile travel; Bicycling; Mode choice; Nonmotorized transportation; Travel demand; Walking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Habits
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01076793
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780080448534
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 21 2007 1:55PM