REPORT OF THE 68TH ROUND TABLE ON TRANSPORT ECONOMICS HELD IN PARIS 8-9 NOVEMBER 1984 ON THE FOLLOWING TOPIC: CHANGES IN TRANSPORT USERS' MOTIVATIONS FOR MODAL CHOICE: PASSENGER TRANSPORT

This report is in two parts. Part 1 outlines the problem of mobility outside the home and changes in the use of transport infrastructures and vehicles in Germany since the mid 70s. Indicators of out-of-home activity patterns (changes in population patterns, changes in the economic situation, land use, transport supply, and changes in the motorization of transport users), results of sample surveys of transport behaviour using the "kontiv-design", and data validation are outlined. Details are given of the changes in modal split, regional differences in changes in transport behaviour, planning schemes to improve urban structures, impact of measures in public transport field, effects of measures to encourage non-motorised traffic, and subjective evaluation of transport infrastructures. The report in part 2, based mainly on work carried out for South Yorkshire County Council, the Social Science Research Council, and the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund in the United Kingdom, argues that there are five different areas of work which represent the most important developments in understanding mode choice: 1) perfection (and decreasing relevance) of cross-section utility models; 2) activity analysis and household constraints on choice; 3) theory of car availability; 4) formation, maintenance and breaking of travel habits; 5) time scale of adaptation.

• Corporate Authors:

  European Conference of Ministers of Transport

  2 rue Andre Pascal
  F-75775 Paris Cedex 16,   France 
• Authors:
  • BROEG, W
  • GOODWIN, P
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 102 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile ownership; Behavior; Bicycles; Buses; Decision making; Demographics; Mathematical models; Mobility; Modal split; Mode choice; Motivation; Motorcycles; Passengers; Policy; Population; Public transit; Questionnaires; Railcar ownership; Railroad transportation; Socioeconomic factors; Sociology; Subways; Tariffs; Travel; Travel patterns; Travel time; Trip generation; Trip length
• Uncontrolled Terms: Modifications; Use
• Geographic Terms: Germany; United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Ublic transit
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 1211: Bicycle; 1272: Bus; 2248: Decision process; 8125: Germany; 9147: Interview; 698: Journey; 696: Journey purpose; 697: Journey time; 6473: Mathematical model; 675: Modal split; 9048: Modification; 2295: Motivation; 1221: Motorcycle; 173: Policy; 335: Population; 744: Public transport; 1173: Rail bound transport; 2253: Sociology; 241: Tariff; 1191: Underground railway; 8119: United Kingdom; 9084: Use; 1715: Vehicle occupant; 315: Vehicle ownership
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00455417
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: ECMT Round Table 68
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1986 12:00AM