| Autor: |
De Witte, Astrid, Hollevoet, Joachim, Hubert, Michel, Dobruszkes, Frédéric, Macharis, Cathy |
| Přispěvatelé: |
Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Information Systems for Management |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2011 |
| Předmět: |
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| Popis: |
The aim of this review is to provide a better insight into the concept of modal choice so that it contributes to an improved knowledge on the different modal choice determinants and their interdependencies. This is vital to tackle our current mobility problems in a more efficient and sustainable way. Given the importance of modal choice decisions in our daily travel behaviour, this review on modal choice and its determinants can assist to the understanding and modelling of modal choice decisions. The data collection strategy for this review is mainly based on a computerized search. The review mostly covers the last two decades and articles were mainly retrieved by tracking cited references and by tracking e-catalogues. The search was conducted in 2010 from March until August, using the search term 'modal choice' on the search robots. Articles were then screened on their relevance with regard to modal choice definition, measurement and determinants. Finally, this resulted in approximately 90 articles being sorted out and processed for this review. We found that in many cases, researchers rely on simplified representations of reality in order to get insight into the multifaceted decision process behind modal choices. Modal choice is then measured in terms of principal transport mode, which is usually the one used to cover the largest distance of the journey. This unimodal approach also neglects the occurrence of trip chains, which have grown to be more important in our daily mobility as people strive for more efficient ways to join their activities throughout the day. The considerable importance of trip chaining and the overexposure of main travel modes result in an underestimation of access and exit modes, which are typically "soft modes" (walking and cycling). Modal choice is furthermore determined by a whole range of factors that are interrelated to a larger or smaller extent. It is thus often the result of a very compound choice process that can take place consciously or unconsciously and that includes objective as well as subjective determinants. This paper identifies and structures the most important determinants influencing modal choice and describes how these factors influence people's transport choices. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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