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Title:

An Examination of Time-Use and Transportation Barriers to On-Campus Participation of Postsecondary Students

Accession Number:

01658128

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Success in postsecondary education is related to the amount of time spent on campus. The more often students attend class and access on-campus learning resources, the better their grades and the lower their dropout rates. Despite the importance of on-campus participation in student out-comes, some students living in large cities face tremendous transportation and time-use barriers that make it difficult to spend more time on campus. Accordingly, the objective of the authors' project is to examine the mobility factors that prevent students from attending their campuses in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Specifically, they examine student disparities in barriers to participate based on where they live, their mobility options, as well as the time constraints of their daily activity patterns (e.g. part time work). Data for this project is drawn from a 1-day travel survey of students across seven university campuses in the GTA. This is augmented with computationally derived transport accessibility factors. Multivariate logistic regression models are then employed to uncover the mobility-related determinants for a) if students feel commuting discourages them from travelling to campus; b) if students pick courses based on their commute; c) if commuting discourages students from participating in University organized activities; and d) how many days per week a student visits campus. The results of these models fuel a discussion of how to limit mobility-related barriers to postsecondary student participation.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADB10 Standing Committee on Traveler Behavior and Values.

Report/Paper Numbers:

18-01265

Language:

English

Authors:

Allen, Jeff
Farber, Steven

Pagination:

19p

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:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Toronto (Canada)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-01265

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 8 2018 10:19AM