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Title:

Carpooling as Children's School Travel Mode: Evidence from 2012 California Household Travel Survey

Accession Number:

01663352

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Carpooling has potential as a sustainable mode of school transportation along with other viable options. It can reduce the negative externalities associated with single occupancy vehicles such as traffic congestion, fuel consumption, and air pollution. Unfortunately, knowledge of carpooling as a school travel mode is very limited. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap. Using a multinomial logit model, the authors analyze data from the 2012 California Household Travel Survey to assess the effects of various factors such as household characteristics, parental characteristics, and spatial variables for choosing carpooling over single occupancy transportation. The authors find that households with higher numbers of ninth to twelfth grade school going children and dual earning parents are more likely to use carpooling than other modes of school transportation. Parental characteristics are also important as households with young, female or immigrant household heads are more likely to allow their children to carpool to school. Results of spatial variables suggest that families living in neighborhoods with higher numbers of school-going children are more likely to use carpooling. Distance from home to school is also positively associated with carpooling. The empirical evidence presented in this study provides useful insight for identifying potential target groups of carpooler. This will eventually help the concerned authorities to take necessary actions in school transportation management programs to promote the use of this travel mode.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD40 Standing Committee on Transportation and Sustainability.

Report/Paper Numbers:

18-06605

Language:

English

Authors:

Rafiq, Rezwana
Mitra, Suman Kumar

Pagination:

16p

Publication Date:

2018

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2018-1-7 to 2018-1-11
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Appendices; Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

California

Subject Areas:

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-06605

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 8 2018 11:42AM