Motorcycle-based adolescents’ travel behaviour during the school morning commute and the effect of intra-household interaction on departure time and mode choice

The authors hypothesize that intra-household interaction influences home departure time and mode choice for the morning commute. In Indonesia, over 71% of vehicles on the road are motorcycles. This fact increases the significance of household interaction in influencing transport mode choice since the simplicity of the motorcycle allows a great degree of versatility in regard to multiple family member transport. To emphasize this point, this study focuses on the unique travel behavior of adolescents during the school morning commute which, due to the use of the motorcycle, is a combination of the travel behavior of accompanied children and escorting adults. This study discovers that adolescents are likely to shift their school arrival time very early or close to the designated starting time in relation to motorcycle-based parental escort to school. In regard to mode choice, adolescent students prefer to be escorted by motorcycle rather than take public transport.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2012.671024
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1767712
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Taylor and Francis
• Authors:
  • Irawan, M Zudhy
  • Sumi, Tomonori
• Publication Date: 2012-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 263-279
• Serial:
  • Transportation Planning and Technology
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0308-1060
  • Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gtpt20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Departure time; Households; Mode choice; Morning; Motorcycling; Motorcyclists; School trips; Travel behavior
• Geographic Terms: Indonesia
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01372600
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 14 2012 10:56AM