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Title:

Examination of Student Travel Mode Choice

Accession Number:

01046188

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper examines the travel behavior of students at Texas A&M University. A total of 42,000 students enroll in a typical semester, approximately 78 percent of those students live off campus and the rest live on campus. The available travel mode options for off-campus Texas A&M University students include walking, biking, driving alone, carpooling and taking a bus. To collect information on factors affecting the mode choice of students, a cost-effective travel survey was developed and administered to University students over the internet. After scrutinizing the collected data, descriptive statistical tests were performed to better understand the different characteristics of travelers by mode and to determine variables to be incorporated in mode choice model. The results of the survey analysis and the mode choice model showed that travel time, travel cost, income, expenses, household type, number of hours in school, gender and ethnicity were important factors in the student’s choice of mode. Automobile travel was found to be the predominant mode of travel, however the parking permit fee was one of the major reasons why some students did not travel by personal vehicle. The observed value of time for Texas A&M University students was $2.18/hour.

Monograph Accession #:

01042056

Report/Paper Numbers:

07-2616

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Mahlawat, Maneesh
Rayan, Selvaraj
Kuchangi, Shamanth
Patil, Sunil
Burris, Mark W

Pagination:

24p

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:

Figures (5) ; References (11) ; Tables (4)

Identifier Terms:

Texas A&M University

Geographic Terms:

Texas

Subject Areas:

Education and Training; Highways; Motor Carriers; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2007 Paper #07-2616

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2007 7:19PM