How do People Respond to Congestion Mitigation Policies? A Multivariate Probit Model of the Individual Consideration of Three Travel-Related Strategy Bundles

In this study, the authors explore the relationships between adoption and consideration of three travel-related strategy bundles, linking them to a variety of explanatory variables such as mobility, travel attitudes, personality, lifestyle, travel liking, and sociodemographics. The three strategy bundles were: travel maintaining/increasing, travel reducing, and major location/lifestyle change. Using data from an extensive survey of 1,300 commuting workers living in three distinct San Francisco Bay area neighborhoods, the authors first identified patterns of adoption and consideration among the bundles, using pairwise correlation tests. The test results indicate that those who have adopted coping strategies continue to seek improvements across the spectrum of generalized cost, but perhaps most often repeating the consideration of a previously-adopted bundle. The authors also developed a multivariate probit model for individuals’ simultaneous consideration of the three bundles. It was found that in addition to the previous adoption of the bundles, qualitative and quantitative variables significantly affect individual consideration of the strategy bundles. These results offer policy makers and planners insight into the dynamic nature of individuals’ responses to travel-related strategies and congestion.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-007-9142-8
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• Authors:
  • Choo, Sangho
  • Mokhtarian, Patricia L
• Publication Date: 2008-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 145-163
• Serial:
  • Transportation
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISSN: 0049-4488
  • EISSN: 1572-9435
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/11116

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Commuters; Correlation analysis; Demographics; Mobility; Multivariate analysis; Personality; Policy; Probits; Socioeconomic factors; Traffic mitigation; Travel behavior
• Geographic Terms: San Francisco Bay Area
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01091381
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 23 2008 9:22AM