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Active mobility, traditionally referring to walking and cycling modes, offers an array of physical, emotional, and social well-being benefits. However, with the proliferation of the sharing economy, new nonmotorized means of transport are entering the fold and competing with other mobility service innovations for travelers to choose among. The purpose of this research study is to connect stage-of-change analysis, which originates from the health behavior sciences, with sustainable (active) travel adoption in a joint modeling framework. The consideration of both univariate and bivariate ordered probit models provides well-needed insights into individuals’ readiness for change as a function of personal and psychosocial factors. This affords a comparative analysis of similar modes and, as revealed by model error correlations when varying the number of measured stages, not only reveals unique determinants but also dependence among travel behavior change processes. Notably, there is strong evidence of an association between walking and cycling, whereas other joint model effects were less evident.

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

19-03330

English

9p

2019

Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Bicycling; Decision making; Mode choice; Probits; Vehicle sharing; Walking

Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Society

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2019 Paper #19-03330

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 7 2018 9:42AM