Curbing automobile use for sustainable transportation: analysis of mode choice on short home-based trips

This paper analyzes transportation mode choice for short home-based trips using a 1999 activity survey from the Puget Sound region of Washington State, U.S.A. Short trips are defined as those within the 95th percentile walking distance in the data, here 1.40 miles (2.25 km). The mean walking distanc...

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Published in:Transportation (Dordrecht) 2008-11, Vol.35 (6), p.723-737
Main Authors: Kim, Sungyop, Ulfarsson, Gudmundur F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Automobiles
Bicycles
Bicycling
Built environment
Buses
Economic Geography
Economics
Economics and Finance
Engineering Economics
European studies
Exact sciences and technology
Ground, air and sea transportation, marine construction
Innovation/Technology Management
Land use
Logistics
Marketing
Mode choice
Motor vehicles
Organization
Per capita
Population
Public transportation
Regional/Spatial Science
Road transportation and traffic
Short trip
Studies
Sustainable development
Sustainable transportation
Transport
Transportation
Travel
Travel behavior
United States
Walking
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Summary:This paper analyzes transportation mode choice for short home-based trips using a 1999 activity survey from the Puget Sound region of Washington State, U.S.A. Short trips are defined as those within the 95th percentile walking distance in the data, here 1.40 miles (2.25 km). The mean walking distance was 0.4 miles (0.6 km). The mode distribution was automobile (75%), walk (23%), bicycle (1%), and bus (1%). Walk and bicycle are found less likely as the individual’s age increases. People are more likely to drive if they can or are accustomed to. People in multi-person families are less likely to walk or use bus, especially families with children. An environment that attracts people’s interest and provides activity opportunities encourages people to walk on short trips. Influencing people’s choice of transport mode on short trips should be an important part of efforts encouraging the use of non-automobile alternatives.
ISSN:0049-4488
1572-9435
DOI:10.1007/s11116-008-9177-5