Transportation and the Behavioral Sciences

Choi

et al. 2017

PROG

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the motivational factors that help shape user perceptions of and attitudes toward car-sharing services and develop a research model that integrates these factors with the technology acceptance model to explicate car sharing’s adoption pattern. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was administered to examine the role of proposed motivational factors for the adoption of wearable healthcare devices. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were conducted on collected data (n=638) to demonstrate the reliability and validity of the measurement and structural model. Findings Perceived reliability, compatibility, and enjoyment of car-sharing services as well as users’ innovative tendencies are positively associated with usage intention. However, users’ privacy concern and perceived cost of using the services are found to have no significant effects on the adoption of the services. Originality/value While the recent advent of mobile communication devices and services has increased access to social sharing-based platform services such as car sharing, this study provides a research framework that helps to understand how various psychological factors contribute to the adoption of a social-sharing service.

Section: Car-sharing Servicementioning

confidence: 99%

From owning to sharing: understanding the emergence of social sharing services

Choi

et al. 2017

PROG

“…The critical link between effective transportation arrangements and social integration, however, has been largely ignored, particularly among older people living in less-densely settled rural areas. Relatively few studies have linked transportation to social structural concepts such as social integration (for exceptions, see Hartgen, 1981;Wachs, 1988). Social integration refers to informal participation in social networks as well as formal social participation in community organizations and activities.…”

Section: Background and Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Older Nonmetropolitan Residents' Evaluations of Their Transportation Arrangements

Glasgow

Blakely

2000

J Appl Gerontol

This article uses data from focus groups to examine how older nonmetropolitan residents of upstate New York construct their transportation arrangements during different stages of the life course. The article also analyzes the effectiveness of different modes of transportation in facilitating life-maintenance and higher order needs of older individuals. Almost universally, youngold (age 65 to 74) rural residents drive themselves to most of their activities; a small proportion also use public buses to fill some of their transportation needs. Old-old (age 75 and older) individuals, by necessity, rely on a wider range of transportation options because of driving cessation among some in this group. The focus groups allowed older participants to speak for themselves regarding what they liked and disliked about different transportation options, thus providing findings that policy makers and transportation planners might use for designing transportation systems that meet the needs of older rural and small-town residents.As the United States becomes an increasingly older society, the safety and mobility of older persons, the primary and alternative modes of transportation used by and available to them, and the effectiveness of different modes of transportation in helping older persons maintain their independence will become increasingly important. Between 1990 and 2030, the population aged 65 and older is projected to more than double in size (Siegel, 1993). Large and increasing numbers and proportions of older people will result in increasing numbers and proportions of older drivers. Moreover, with the increasing numbers and proportions of oldest-old (aged 85 and older), older Downloaded from individuals are more likely to reach a point where the cessation of driving and a search for alternative means of transportation are necessary. With continuing rapid increases in the numbers and proportions of older people, it behooves researchers, policy makers, and practitioners to plan for the transportation needs of current and future older cohorts.Effective transportation arrangements contribute to older persons' social integration by facilitating social interaction, community participation, and access to goods and services (Glasgow, 1998). Especially among older rural residents, activities are often too distant to reach by walking, and older rural people risk social isolation if they do not have effective transportation arrangements. The general analytical framework guiding this research is that rural older persons construct their transportation arrangements in a variety of ways depending on their personal characteristics, life stage, the nature of their social networks, and the attributes of their communities.According to Rosenbloom (1988), rural older people make almost 90% of their trips in private vehicles, although not necessarily as the driver. This information is useful, but it does not tell us how and why older rural residents construct their transportation arrangements as they do. The present study analyzes qualitativ...

“…However, research on public transport has tended to emphasize the technical aspects of the service (e.g., vehicle and facility design), leaving out psychological and social aspects that may be more important (Everett and Watson 1987). It has, therefore, been argued that transportation systems need to be considered from a behavioral perspective rather than from an exclusively technological view (Hartgen 1981 ). Knowledge of perceived quality of public transport services may be essential if the service is to become more attractive to consumers who have other alternatives (e.g., automobile).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceived Service Quality Attributes in Public Transport: Inferences from Complaints and Negative Critical Incidents

Friman¹,

Edvardsson²,

Gärling³

1998

JPT

A sample of 200 complaints filed to a public transport company and 210 negative critical incidents (NC!s) obtained from on-board illferviews were analyzed with the purpose of il~ferring perceived service quality (PSQ) attributes of public transport. The most frequent complaints and NC!s concemed employee behavior and punctuality, followed by missing or inaccurate information and inadequate planning. In a follow-up mail survey, a representative sample of 997 respondents reported if they remembered having experienced prototypical NC!s constructed on the basis of the complaints. C01~/in11ing the validity of the i1~ferred PSQ attributes, all NC/s were reported to have been experienced by at least some respondellfs. NC/s related to employee behavior were, l10weve1: less frequem(v remembered, whereas those related to vehicle design and space, punctuality, and traffic planning were more frequellf(v re