Effective factors in walking mode choice of different age groups for school trips

Hatamzadeh, Yaser; Habibian, Meeghat; Khodaii, Ali

doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2017.05.441

Cited by 14 publications

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“…According to Jensen et al (2017), males always outnumbered females in choosing walking as a mode of transportation. This is further supported in Hatamzadeh et al (2017) study where girls are less motivated to walk compared to boys in all age groups. According to Abley (2005).…”

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Creating Walking Led Transit Stations for Women in Malaysia

Harumain¹,

Azmi²,

Yusoff³

2020

MySE

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Transit stations are generally well known as nodes of spaces where percentage of people walking are relatively high. The issue is do more planning is actually given to create walkability. Creating walking led transit stations involves planning of walking distance, providing facilities like pathways, toilets, seating and lighting. On the other hand, creating walking led transit station for women uncover a new epitome. Walking becomes one of the most important forms of mobility for women in developing countries nowadays. Encouraging women to use public transportation is not just about another effort to promote the use of public transportation but also another great endeavour to reduce numbers of traffic on the road. This also means, creating an effort to control accidents rate, reducing carbon emission, improving health and eventually, developing the quality of life. Hence, in this paper, we sought first to find out the factors that motivate women to walk at transit stations in Malaysia. A questionnaire survey with 562 female user of Light Railway Transit (LRT) was conducted at LRT stations along Kelana Jaya Line. Both built and non-built environment characteristics, particularly distance, safety and facilities were found as factors that are consistently associated with women walkability. With these findings, the paper highlights the criteria which are needed to create and make betterment of transit stations not just for women but also for walkability in general.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 60%

Creating Walking Led Transit Stations for Women in Malaysia

Harumain¹,

Azmi²,

Yusoff³

2020

MySE

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“…According to Khattak et al (2011), even though these students represent a large and significant proportion of the travelling public, they have not yet gained the relevant academic importance, as they are rather underrepresented in most travel behavior studies. In contrast, there are several previous studies (Timperio et al, 2006;Mitra and Buliung, 2012;McDonald, 2008;Noland et al, 2014;Zhang et al, 2017;Hatamzadej et al, 2017), already focused on primary and high school students' mode choice decision to and from school. The difference between the two cases is that underage students are entirely depended on their parents' decision regarding the transport mode they will use in order to complete a school trip (Ferreira et al, 2007), while university students decide on their own in most cases.…”

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confidence: 91%

Exploring the Effects of University Campus Decentralization to Students’ Mode Choice

Kotoula

Sialdas

Botzoris

et al. 2018

Period. Polytech. Transp. Eng.

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Mobility patterns and travel behavior aspects of students traveling to universities, are gaining attention, as the completion of such every day trips are rather complicated. University students form a social group, essentially autonomous in terms of mode choice decision making. Understanding the mode choice decision process, may reveal the most appropriate interventions for achieving sustainable transport goals. The current study aims to examine various aspects of university students’ travel bahaviour such as travel distance, travel time, comfort and safety in the city of Xanthi, Greece. Moving a step forward, the paper provides a better understanding of students’ travel patterns in two different environments due to the University relocation from an urban environment to a more isolated one. For this purpose, a questionnaire survey is conducted where students describe their travel habits before and after the relocation. In addition, students are given a choice set comprised of eight different factors hypothesized to internalize the effect of the relocation on mode choice for the trips to and from the University and they are asked to prioritize them ranking them from the most significant one to the least important. For the analysis two Multinomial Logit models are developed. The results verify initial considerations; distance and time are the most important factors for both cases while the use of public transport instead of walking increases the importance of economy and safety.

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“…At the same time, some other previous research has examined the factors influencing mode choice in general ( Li et al, 2015 ; Madhuwanthi et al, 2015 ; Kamargianni et al, 2015 ). Several factors, including gender ( Hatamzadeh et al, 2017 ), age, income ( Ha et al, 2020 ), and whether or not there are children in the family ( Mccarthy et al, 2017 ), can also influence mode choice. Previous studies have also shown that the choice of transportation mode depends on individual characteristics, social effects ( Javaid et al, 2020 ), and living environment ( Boulange et al, 2017 ; Kim and Ulfarsson, 2004 ).…”

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confidence: 99%