Children's travel behaviours in Canberra: car-dependent lifestyles in a low-density city

Tranter, Paul; Whitelegg, John

doi:10.1016/0966-6923(94)90050-7

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“…Previous research has found that lifestyle patterns strongly influence travel behavior (Hildebrand, 2003;Tranter and Whitelegg, 1994). In this context, being frustrated may be positively related to considering a wide range of strategies because such people may believe that a change would bring them greater satisfaction or control.…”

Section: Lifestylementioning

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How do individuals adapt their personal travel? A conceptual exploration of the consideration of travel-related strategies

Cao

Mokhtarian

2005

Transport Policy

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Preparatory to an empirical analysis, this study conceptually discusses the influences of objective and subjective variables on the consideration of 16 travel-related strategies, reflecting a range of options individuals have to adapt to congestion. The variables considered here were measured by a 1998 survey conducted in the San Francisco Bay Area. The conceptual exploration shows that the consideration of travel-related strategies may be affected by the amounts of travel that individuals actually do, their subjective assessments, desires, affinities, and constraints with respect to travel. Individuals' travel attitudes, personality, lifestyle and prior experience are also likely to affect their current consideration. Socio-economic and demographic characteristics may exhibit distributional effects with respect to the options individuals consider. These potential influences indicate that the individual adaptation process may be influenced by a wide range of qualitative and experiential variables, which are often ignored or omitted by policy makers and planners. A companion paper develops binary logit models of the consideration of each strategy. q

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Section: Lifestylementioning

confidence: 99%

How do individuals adapt their personal travel? A conceptual exploration of the consideration of travel-related strategies

Cao

Mokhtarian

2005

Transport Policy

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“…Além disso, o uso do transporte público, da caminhada ou da bicicleta para ir à escola implica fortalecimento da capacidade de as crianças se moverem de forma independente em sua cidade 4 . Tal condição é fundamental na sua formação como cidadão.…”

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Aumento no uso de transporte motorizado privado no deslocamento das crianças para a escola na Região Metropolitana de São Paulo, Brasil, 1997-2012

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Cad. Saúde Pública

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Resumo: A Região Metropolitana de São Paulo, Brasil, apresentou, entre 1997 e 2007, tendência de aumento do uso transporte motorizado privado nos deslocamentos de crianças para a escola, com potenciais prejuízos à saúde. O objetivo deste estudo foi ampliar a análise de tal tendência para 2012 e discutir possíveis estratégias para aumentar a proporção de crianças que andam, pedalam e usam o transporte público. A análise dos dados da Pesquisa de Mobilidade de 2012 indica não apenas a continuidade, mas a aceleração no aumento do uso transporte motorizado privado em deslocamentos de crianças entre 6 e 11 anos para a escola. O efeito de iniciativas em andamento sobre essa tendência só será devidamente compreendido com o devido monitoramento dos deslocamentos cotidianos e a avaliação do impacto dessas ações sobre a saúde da população. Um pacote de políticas e programas voltados especificamente para a promoção e proteção da mobilidade a pé, de bicicleta ou por transporte público de crianças é imprescindível para garantir o deslocamento seguro, independente e ativo de crianças para a escola na Região Metropolitana de São Paulo.

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“…According to previous studies, children, young people, adults and older people have differences in their travel behaviour [16][17][18][19]. These differences occur because they engage in different types of activities.…”

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Demographics do matter: an analysis of people’s travel behaviour of different ethnic groups in Auckland

Syam

Khan

Reeves

2012

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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New Zealand in general and Auckland in particular is experiencing a significant change in travel volume, marked by an increase in the car ownership and public transport use. The increase in the travel volume is accompanied by a growth of the new immigrant population in Auckland. This paper seeks to find out the ways ethnic demographic characteristics might affect travel behaviour. It uses data from two sources, Statistics New Zealand and the Ministry of Transport New Zealand. Statistics New Zealand provides data on demographic characteristics which was collected from 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings and the Ministry of Transport feeds the data which was collected from 2010 New Zealand Household Travel Survey. This study found that demographic characteristics, ethnicity in particular, do matter in terms of travel choices, travel distance and needs. For example, the NZ Europeans was the group with the highest use of cars, especially as a driver, and Pacific Islanders was the largest in car use as passengers compared to other ethnic groups. The study also found that income, household structure and residential location can have a big impact on ethnic groups' travel behaviour. Understanding the differences in travel behaviour among ethnic groups and the possible explanations for these differences can help in the development of more appropriate policies, best suited to meet the travel needs of all population groups. As Auckland becomes more diverse over the next few decades, a significant portion of growth in travel demand will undoubtedly come from the minority population. Therefore, differences in travel behaviour, such as those identified in this paper, are likely to have wide-reaching consequences for short-and longterm travel demand forecast, planning, and policy development.

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Children's travel behaviours in Canberra: car-dependent lifestyles in a low-density city

Cited by 92 publications

References 4 publications

How do individuals adapt their personal travel? A conceptual exploration of the consideration of travel-related strategies

How do individuals adapt their personal travel? A conceptual exploration of the consideration of travel-related strategies

Aumento no uso de transporte motorizado privado no deslocamento das crianças para a escola na Região Metropolitana de São Paulo, Brasil, 1997-2012

Demographics do matter: an analysis of people’s travel behaviour of different ethnic groups in Auckland

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