Article(electronic)July 28, 2014

A mode choice analysis of school trips in New Jersey

In: Journal of transport and land use: JTLU, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 111-133

Noland, Robert B; Park, Hyunsoo; Von Hagen, Leigh Ann; Chatman, Daniel G.

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Abstract

This paper examines the mode choice behavior of children's travel to school based on surveys conducted at a sample of schools in New Jersey. The main focus is on a variety of network design, land use, and infrastructure variables that have typically been associated with walking activity. Using a mixed logit model, it is found that good connectivity, more intense residential land use, and better sidewalk infrastructure are associated with increased walking to school. The use of a mixed logit model allows the examination of individual heterogeneity. Results indicate substantial heterogeneity in behavior associated with built environment variables.

Publisher

Center for Transportation Studies

ISSN: 1938-7849

DOI

10.5198/jtlu.v7i2.444

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