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Title:

Communication with Nondrivers for Promoting Long-Term Travel Behavior Modification

Accession Number:

01047494

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Individuals' decisions on whether to obtain a driver's license have a substantial effect on their travel behavior for the rest of their lives, and on their lifetime total CO2 emissions. In countries where society is motorized, non-drivers decide to obtain a driver's license, with little cognitive thought, because others have one. Consequently, they might be unaware of the negative aspects of automobile use. It was hypothesized that providing non-drivers with objective information would influence their choice on whether to obtain a license. This paper conducted a field experiment to obtain objective information (n = 158), and found that information about the risks, costs, and enjoyment of automobile use affected their attitude towards life using an automobile, and whether they possessed a driver's license 18 months after the intervention.

Monograph Accession #:

01042056

Report/Paper Numbers:

07-2820

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Fujii, Satoshi

Pagination:

15p

Publication Date:

2007

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2007-1-21 to 2007-1-25
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

CD-ROM

Features:

References; Tables (6)

Subject Areas:

Energy; Environment; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2007 Paper #07-2820

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2007 7:31PM