Effects of changing travel patterns on travel satisfaction: A focus on recently relocated residents
Previous studies indicate that travel satisfaction is affected by elements such as travel mode choice and trip duration. However, how people’s satisfaction levels with travel adapt after changing their travel behaviour has not yet been analysed thoroughly. In this study the authors analyse travel satisfaction of 1650 respondents who recently relocated to selected neighbourhoods in the city of Ghent (Belgium), and therefore changed their daily travel patterns (i.e., commute and leisure trips). Based on a two-step approach, i.e., a factor analysis followed by a cluster analysis, respondents are segmented into four clusters based on their changes in travel behaviour after they moved. Results indicate that especially clusters with respondents that decreased travel distance and duration, and increased the use of car alternatives have high levels of travel satisfaction, for both commute trips and leisure trips. Respondents from these clusters also indicated the highest levels of travel satisfaction improvements. This study provides additional motivation for policy makers and urban planners to convince more people to relocate to urban areas, or for densification and land use mixing of existing neighbourhoods, as this will not only result in more sustainable travel patterns, but also in more satisfying travel patterns.
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Supplemental Notes:
- © 2019 Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- De Vos, Jonas
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0000-0003-4919-2157
- Ettema, Dick
- Witlox, Frank
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0000-0002-8966-6823
- Publication Date: 2019-7
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 42-49
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Serial:
- Travel Behaviour and Society
- Volume: 16
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 2214-367X
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/2214367X
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: City planning; Commuting; Leisure time; Mode choice; Relocation (Facilities); Travel behavior; Travel patterns; Travel time
- Geographic Terms: Ghent (Belgium)
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Operations and Traffic Management; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01718469
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 27 2019 5:06PM