Individual's Psychological Traits and Urban Travel Behaviour

This article presents preliminary results from the authors’ ongoing research on the relationship between the psychological characteristics of transport service users and travel mode decision-making in cities. The authors use Palermo (Italy) as a case study, reporting on a pilot survey that was conducted to collect psychometric data on travelers’ (n = 150) perceptions and attitudes, including stated preference mode choice observations concerning systematic mobility. The authors present results found from analyzing the dataset with mode choice modelling and factor analysis. Results showed that, in addition to traditional cost and benefit attributes, urban travel behavior is also influenced by individual perceptions and attitudes. For example, some qualitative aspects of transport including flexibility, comfort, safety and its symbolic-affective nature, play a role in travel behavior. In addition, age, gender, working condition and the number of young children were shown to be significant explanatory factors of respondents’ psychological profiles. The authors conclude that these preliminary results support the assumption that individual latent preferences do play a role in mode choice behavior inside urban areas. They include a brief discussion of research strategies to refine investigation of this topic in the future.

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• Authors:
  • Bergantino, Angela Stefania
  • Catalano, Mario
• Publication Date: 2016-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 341-359
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Transport Economics
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 3
  • ISSN: 0391-8440
  • Serial URL: http://www.libraweb.net/riviste.php?chiave=67

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Mode choice; Psychological aspects; Public transit; Ridership; Travel behavior; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Palermo (Italy)
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01623660
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 25 2017 3:08PM