Exploring the psychosocial factors associated with public transportation usage and examining the “gendered” difference
Understanding the psychosocial factors that influence public transportation usage behavior can provide important implications for transport policies aimed at managing travelers’ mobility behavior. In the current study, a four-step analysis approach is developed to investigate the psychosocial determinants of public transportation usage behavior within the background of a small-sized Chinese city. The results suggest that public transportation specific factors including attitude, subjective norm, satisfaction, habit, and behavioral intention, as well as perceived car control, all contribute to explaining the target choice behavior. Behavioral intention is confirmed to be the most critical factor that influences public transportation usage behavior, while habit and satisfaction are important mediators in the process defined by the theory of planned behavior. Moreover, an examination upon “gendered” difference reflects that effects of both perceived car control and satisfaction vary distinctively across men and women groups, which demonstrates the necessity of demand management differentiation.
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- Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- Fu, Xuemei
- Juan, ZhiCai
- Publication Date: 2017-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 70-82
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
- Volume: 103
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0965-8564
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Attitudes; Gender; Mode choice; Psychological aspects; Public transit; Small cities; Social factors; Structural equation modeling
- Uncontrolled Terms: Theory of planned behavior; Transit usage
- Geographic Terms: China
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01644197
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 29 2017 10:07AM