Mobility Biographies in Three Generations – Socialization Effects on Commute Mode Choice

Modeling Residential Sorting Effects to Understand the Impact of the Built Environment on Commute Mode Choice

This paper examines the significance of residential sorting or self selection effects in understanding the impacts of the built environment on travel choices. Land use and transportation system attributes are often treated as exogenous variables in models of travel behavior. Such models ignore the potential self selection processes that may be in play wherein households and individuals choose t...

Social mobility over three generations in Britain∗

We examine social mobility patterns over three generations of family members, using data collected in three British birth cohort studies. We show that for both men and women, and for all three birth cohorts, absolute mobility rates (i.e. total, upward and downward mobility rates, and inflow and outflow mobility patterns) in the partial parents–children mobility tables vary substantially by gran...

Effects of Mode Shares on Mode Choice

4 This study considers the influence of the knowledge of existing mode shares on travelers 5 mode choice. This contrasts with traditional mode choice models, where the main objective 6 is to predict the overall mode shares as the aggregate of individual mode choices according 7 to variables encompassing attributes of the modes, and characteristics of the travelers. In this 8 study, a computer-a...

Mode Choice and Transit Route Choice Behavior in Montreal : Insights from McGill University Members Commute Patterns

The influence of travel attitudes, commute mode choice, and perceived neighborhood characteristics on physical activity.

BACKGROUND This study examines the relationships between physical activity, travel attitudes, commute mode choice, and perceived neighborhood characteristics. A recent study found that people who walk or bike during their commute exercise more outside of the commute than do people who commute by mass transit or car. The current study seeks to explain what might account for this relationship, us...