Relevant Aspects of Automobile Users Behaviour: A Study under the Sustainable Consumption Concept in the Transportation Sector

This paper will focus on the analysis of relevant behavioral factors affecting automobile users under alternative public policies intended to reduce individual transport demand. The theoretical basis of this study is the sustainable consumption concept that, along with the sustainable production concept, leads to the re-definition of existing supply and demand patterns in order to guarantee the future generation’s demands. A conceptual model was proposed, and subjective factors affecting car users’ behavior were analyzed. This model encompasses different behavioral approaches related to the fields of economics, psychology, sociology and education. A survey was conducted, with an intentional non-probabilistic sample, among 176 auto users, mainly college students and white-collar workers, older than 18 years. The casual relationship between individual mobility and different behavioral factors, the socioeconomic profile and the weekly distance traveled was verified through the application of factor analysis techniques, multiple regression and structural equation modeling. Results obtained show a close relationship among these factors and the adoption of different behaviors and mobility strategies.

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• Authors:
  • Noriega, L A
  • Waisman, J
• Conference:
  • 4th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability (The Sustainable City)
  • Location: Tallinn , Estonia
  • Date: 2006-7-17 to 2006-7-19
• Publication Date: 2006-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 579-588
• Monograph Title: Sustainable City IV. Urban Regeneration and Sustainability

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile travel; Behavior; Environment; Environmental impacts; Mobility; Public policy; Sustainable development; Urban areas; Urban design; Urban development
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01042588
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1845640403
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 1 2007 8:39AM