TRAVEL PATTERNS AND PROBLEMS OF SUBURBAN HIGH SCHOOL MALES: EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE PHYSICAL MOBILITY OF A POPULATION SUBGROUP, WITH RECOMMENDATIONS

Teenagers' travel behavior and their transportation needs and preferences were investigated in three working class Boston suburbs having different levels of transit service. Fifty male high school students met in weekly panels to discuss where, when, how, and why they traveled, how much it cost them, and other travel-related information. The report recommends long-term, direct participation of all traveler subgroups in transportation planning and management. Expanded programs to improve pedestrian facilities and ease access to automobile travel are concluded to be most likely to satisfy the travel requirements of the teenager subgroup.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also HS-018 442
• Corporate Authors:

  Harvard University

  Cambridge, MA  United States  02138

  Federal Highway Administration

  Division of Socio-Economic Studies, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Gurin, D B
• Publication Date: 1974-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 47 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access; Adolescents; Automobiles; Costs; Facilities; Males; Mobility; Pedestrians; Students; Suburbs; Transportation operations; Transportation planning; Travel demand; Travel patterns; Urban transportation; Young adults
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation management
• Geographic Terms: Massachusetts
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00093013
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Sumry Rpt., HS-018 441
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-7849
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 18 1989 12:00AM