‘Informal Travel’: A New Conceptualization of Travel Patterns?

Autor:	Ilan Salomon, Matan E. Singer
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Travel behavior education.field_of_study Transportation planning Conceptualization Scale (social sciences) Population Transportation Business Marketing Formality Paratransit education Mode choice
Zdroj:	Transport Reviews. 34:562-582
ISSN:	1464-5327 0144-1647
DOI:	10.1080/01441647.2014.930075
Popis:	In transportation, informal transport refers mainly to the use of paratransit services in the developing world. In this paper we argue that informal travel may include, in addition to mode and users, also other travel pattern elements, such as trip planning, structure, purpose, and destination. Each of these can be placed along an axis ranging from formal manifestations to informal ones, thus creating a ‘formality scale’. Moreover, these elements may be combined in numerous ways, creating a multitude of travel patterns that may be placed all along the formality scale. After providing a definition of formal, semi-formal, and informal travel and characterizing travel patterns according to the formality scale we identify population groups which exemplify semi-formal and informal travel patterns. Next, we analyze the 2009 US National Household Travel Survey, which suggests informal travel may be growing. This leads to a discussion on various factors that might affect travel formality. Most notably, th...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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