Liu, C, Bardaka, E and Paschalidis, E orcid.org/0000-0001-7648-525X (2022) Sustainable transport choices in public transit access: Travel behavior differences between university students and other young adults. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 17 (6). pp. 679-695. ISSN 1556-8318
Abstract
This research investigates the socioeconomic and travel characteristics of student transit users in comparison to other young adults and quantifies behavioral differences in public transit access between these two population groups. Using data from a 2015 system-wide on-board survey in the Denver-Aurora region, CO, we seek to understand whether college and university students make more environmentally sustainable choices when accessing bus and light rail transit as well as identify the determinants of their choices. Our results indicate that student transit riders live in larger households with more vehicles per household member and are located substantially farther from the city center and the light rail compared to other young adults. The majority of student light rail users drive alone to light rail stations and typically do not park at the station that is the closest to their home. On the other hand, most other young adults walk to light rail stations. We also find that travel time and vehicle ownership per household member have a significantly lower impact on student choices. The identified travel differences and behavioral variations between the two population groups may be associated with the lack of affordable housing for students in the central and transit-rich neighborhoods of large metropolitan areas.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an author produced version of an article, published in International Journal of Sustainable Transportation. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | University students; sustainable modes; public transit; young adults; travel behavior |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Safety and Technology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2022 09:42 |
Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2024 14:34 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/15568318.2022.2084656 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:189004 |