Psychological resistance against attempts to reduce private car use

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Tertoolen G., van Kreveld D. & Verstraten B. (1998). Psychological resistance against attempts to reduce private car use. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 32 (3), 171-181.
The aim of the research was to investigate the effects of information, feedback and commitment on car use and attitudes related to car use. In a field experiment (N = 350) users o…

Personal and Contextual Factors Supporting the Switch to Transit Use: Evaluating a Natural Transit Intervention

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Brown, Barbara B.; Werner, Carol M.; Kim, Naree (2003). Personal and Contextual Factors Supporting the Switch to Transit Use: Evaluating a Natural Transit Intervention. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 3, 1, 139-160.
U.S. communities are becoming increasingly automobile dependent, with car use embedded in U.S. policies, practices, and preferences. To encourage transit use, transit systems too …

Social Value Orientations and Decisions to Take Proenvironmental Action

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Cameron, L. D., Brown, P. M. & Chapman, J. G. (1998). Social value orientations and decisions to take proenvironmental action. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 28, 8, 675-697.
Assessed whether social value orientations influence decisions to actively support a proposal for a transportation pollution reduction program. 135 undergraduate students with pro…

The Effects of Non-Contingent Free Bus Tickets and Personal Commitment on Urban Bus Ridership

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Bachman, W. , & Katzev, R. (1982). The effects of non-contingent free bus tickets and personal commitment on urban bus ridership. Transportation Research, 16A, 2, 103-108.
To compare the effects of free rides and commitment to a performance goal on increasing bus ridership in an urban setting, 83 non-bus riding automobile drivers were exposed to one…

Increasing TDM Effectiveness through Community-Based Social Marketing

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Noxon, G. (1996). Increasing TDM effectiveness through community-based social marketing.

End of the Road: From World Car Crisis to Sustainable Transportation

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Zuckermann, W. (1992). End of the road: From world car crisis to sustainable transportation. (pp. 299). Post Mills, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing Company.

Psychology's Role in the Conserving Society

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Oskamp, S. (1983). Psychology's role in the conserving society. Population and Environment Behavioral and Social Issues, 6, 4, 255-293.
Reviews the literature on areas of progress in the environmental problems that affect people's lives and behaviors. It is suggested that psychologists and other social scientists …

Impact of Fuel Pricing on Public Transport

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Peter Rampellini Western Australia Jan 29, 2009 17:41 pm
Hi all I am doing some research here in Western Australia with regards to the impact of fuel pricing on passenger transport. I was wondering if anyone has any information/Resea…

Behavioural Responses to Climate Change: Asymmetry of Intentions and Impacts

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Whitmarsh, L. (2009, March). Behavioural responses to climate change: Asymmetry of intentions and impacts. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29(1), 13-23.
In seeking to determine whether climate change mitigation strategies are effective, researchers and policy-makers typically use energy consumption as an indicator. UK government d…

Desire to Change one's Multimodality and its Relationship to the Use of Different Transport Means

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Diana, M., & Mokhtarian, P. (2009, March). Desire to change one's multimodality and its relationship to the use of different transport means. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 12(2), 107-119.
Using data collected from French employees of a transportation institute and residents of the US San Francisco Bay Area, we operationalize a segmentation of mobility patterns base…

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