COGNITIVE MODELS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT USE IN THE AGGLOMERATION OF ROTTERDAM

COGNITIEVE MODELLEN VOOR OPENBAAR VERVOERGEBRUIK IN DE AGGLOMERATIE ROTTERDAM

The aims of this study were to: (a) describe the attitudes towards five public transport systems of groups of persons who differ with regard to the frequency of public transport use, car availability, and a number of socio-economic characteristics; (b) model public transport, car and bicycle use, with specific attention to both cognitive variables such as beliefs, attitudes, preferences and intentions, and to objective characteristics of transport systems, such as travel time, time to travel to the public transport stop. The data used were collected during a study, carried out by the consultancy bureau for the Directorate General of Transportation and the Public Transport Company of the City of Rotterdam, the RET, in the conurbation of Rotterdam. Public transport systems included in the study are the city-bus, tram, underground, train and the regional bus. Cognitive variables, especially beliefs, preferences and intentions, mostly accounted for travel mode choice. The objective characteristics that influenced the choice between public transport and car use to some degree are: time to travel from the public transport stop to the destination; the number of transfers; and the trouble it takes to find a parking space. The choice between public transport and the bicycle appeared to be determined predominantly by travel distance. The relationship between objective characteristics and cognitive variables appeared to be very weak. The addenda are presented in a separate report. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Verkeerskundig

  PO Box 69
  Haren,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • VAN KNIPPENBERG, C
  • VAN WINSUM, W
  • Onnen, M
  • de Vries, G
  • Van Knippenberg, D
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 171 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Attitudes; Buses; Households; Mathematical models; Motivation; Motor vehicles; Ownership; Population; Public transit; Railroad trains; Subways; Transportation modes; Trolley cars; Work trips; Workplaces
• Uncontrolled Terms: Selection; Use
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 1757: Age; 2267: Attitude (psychol); 1272: Bus; 309: Household; 621: Journey to work; 6473: Mathematical model; 2295: Motivation; 8078: Netherlands; 335: Population; 744: Public transport; 9072: Selection; 1268: Train; 1284: Tram; 1145: Transport mode; 1191: Underground railway; 9084: Use; 315: Vehicle ownership; 300: Workplace
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00499065
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• ISBN: 90-6807-106-8
• Report/Paper Numbers: VK-88-10
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM