Understanding How Individuals Make Travel and Location Decisions: Implications for Public Transportation

This report explores a broader social context for individual decision making related to residential location and travel behavior and consequently will be of interest to planners, researchers, transit managers, and decision makers. The findings from this research contribute to efforts to predict mode choice and how to influence it through better policies and design, education, and communication.

• Record URL:
  • https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23124
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• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Appendixes to the contractor's final report are available on the TRB website at http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8661.
• Authors:
  • Karash, Karla H
  • Coogan, Matthew A
  • Adler, Thomas Jay
  • Cluett, Chris
  • Shaheen, Susan A
  • Aizen, Icek
  • Simon, Monica
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: 145p
• Serial:
  • TCRP Report
  • Issue Number: 123
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 1073-4872

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Mode choice; Public transit; Residential location; Transportation policy; Travel behavior
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01090629
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309099257
• Report/Paper Numbers: Project H-31
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 24 2008 3:42PM