Transportation

"Stick" Works Better than "Carrot"

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Steve Raney Palo Alto Jun 5, 2008 15:19 pm
Is there a study (or a strong argument) showing that "sticks" are more effective at changing behavior than "carrots?" This study could be for any sort of behavior change, not just…

Webinar February 9: Slugging in DC (and Elsewhere)

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Jay Kassirer Ottawa Jan 13, 2010 10:02 am
The presence of High Occupancy Vehicle lanes (HOV lanes) on a major interstate highway in a suburb of Washington, D.C. has spawned a unique, casual form of carpooling called "slug…

Successfully Changing Individual Travel Behavior: Applying Community-Based Social Marketing to Travel Choice

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Cooper, C. (2007). Successfully changing individual travel behavior: Applying community-based social marketing to travel choice. Transportation Research Record, (2021), pp. 88-99.
This paper demonstrates that community-based social marketing techniques can be successfully used to affect people's transportation awareness and behavior, as deployed in Washingt…

Object-Oriented Analysis of Carsharing System

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Morency, C., Trépanier, M., Martin, B. (2008). Object-oriented analysis of carsharing system. Transportation Research Record, (2063), pp. 105-112.
Carsharing systems are gaining new members every month. However, few studies formally define the system and illustrate the systematic processing of administrative data sets to est…

Travel Socialization: A Social Theory of Travel Mode Behavior

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Baslington, H. (2008). Travel Socialization: A Social Theory of Travel Mode Behavior. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 2(2), 91-114.
This article reports research investigating the cultural determinants of children's travel. A new perspective, travel socialization theory, is presented. This states that children…

Factors Influencing Car Use for Commuting and the Intention to Reduce it: A Question of Self-Interest or Morality?

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Abrahamse, W., Steg, L., Gifford, R., & Vlek, C. (2009). Factors influencing car use for commuting and the intention to reduce it: A question of self-interest or morality?. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 12(4), 317-324. doi:10.1016/j.trf.2009.04.004.
Car use for commuting contributes to various environmental and traffic problems, such as pollution and congestion. Policies aimed at reducing commuter car use will be more effecti…

Paid Parking, Reducing Parking Minimums and Ride-Share

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mhuxtable May 16, 2008 11:09 am
Does anyone have information about promoting paid parking in business districts, reducing parking place minimums in business districts and ride-share programs. I am especially int…

Ride-Matching Service

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Libby Comeaux Miami Jun 24, 2008 15:46 pm
Has anyone considered the feasibility, in a large urban area with virtually no public transit infrastructure, of a computerized ride-matching service, complete with some sort of o…

How to Manage Abuse of Offering to Pay for Parking Costs as an Incentive to Encourage Participation in a Car Pooling Scheme

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Unknown Sep 18, 2008 9:28 am
Hi everyone. I work in Canberra, Australia in local government. We will be piloting a car pooling scheme for our government employees. We have seven or eight government de…

Studies on Alternative Transportation

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Rebecca Fotu Morgan Hill Nov 7, 2008 12:55 pm
Hello, I am looking for studies on barriers and successful campaign strategies to get people to use alternative transportation (carpool, public transportation, bicycling, walk…

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