Travel Mode Choice: Affected by Objective or Subjective Determinants?

This study presents theoretical considerations and uses structural equation modeling to examine the interrelationships between life situation, lifestyle, choice of residential location and travel behavior. The analyses are based on survey data from seven study areas in the region of Cologne, Germany. The results indicate that lifestyles slightly influence mode choice. The influence of life situation on mode choice exceeds the influence of lifestyle. Lifestyle plays an important role by affecting location attitudes and location decisions that in turn influence travel mode. In this study, objective spatial conditions as well as subjective location attitudes both appear to be important. The limitations of this research and directions for further study are discussed.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-007-9112-1
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00494488
• Authors:
  • Scheiner, Joachim
  • Holz-Rau, Christian
• Publication Date: 2007-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 487-511
• Serial:
  • Transportation
  • Volume: 34
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISSN: 0049-4488
  • EISSN: 1572-9435
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/11116

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Decision making; Life styles; Mode choice; Residential location; Structural equation modeling; Surveys; Theory; Travel behavior
• Uncontrolled Terms: Objective factors; Subjective factors
• Geographic Terms: Cologne (Germany)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01076463
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 21 2007 1:53PM