Research Article
Aug 1973
Life-Style Factors Behind Modal Choice
Publication: Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 99, Issue 3
Abstract
Conventional modal-split models used by transportation planners and engineers have been based on socioeconomic indices and relative travel time and cost characteristics for the alternative modes of travel. Further refinement of these models to include the particular needs of autoless groups such as the poor and elderly include sociocultural factors. This paper describes how life style can affect modal choice and uses the behavior of young inner-city residents to focus attention to the potential contribution of this factor. A dimension for ordering life styles has been found useful in community studies. This dimension orders life styles between extremes of mainstreamer and activity seeker. It is hypothesized that the former life style would be more compatible with using public transit than the latter.
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Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 99 • Issue 3 • August 1973
Pages: 513 - 520
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© 1973 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Aug 1973
Published online: Feb 5, 2021
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Charles Notess, M.ASCE
Asst. Prof. Div. of Environmental and Urban Systems, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg, Va., formerly Asst. Prof. of Engrg. and Applied Sciences, State Univ. of New York at Buffalo
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