@article{ref1,
title="University students' transportation patterns, and the role of neighbourhood types and attitudes",
journal="Journal of transport geography",
year="2019",
author="Nash, Sean and Mitra, Raktim",
volume="76",
number="",
pages="200-211",
abstract="Research on the millennial generation's travel behaviour is emerging, but little is known about the socio-demographic, attitudinal and environmental factors that influence day-to-day trips by these young adults. In this study, data collected from four universities in Toronto, Canada, was analyzed to explore patterns in transportation behaviour, or transportation life-styles, of post-secondary students. A latent class analysis identified five distinct student groups based on a one-day travel diary data and self-reported long-term travel behaviour, namely: Transit dependent (31%), Active and neighbourhood oriented (23%), Multi-modal (11%), Occasional driver (12%) and Driver (23%). Two-thirds of students (65%) predominantly relied on either walking/cycling or transit. Logistic regression models indicated that a student's socio-demographic characteristics and life-course situations might explain their travel behaviour. Neighbourhood type of residence was an important indicator of a student's transportation life-style. Strong associations between travel attitudes, residential location preferences and a student's transportation life-style was also observed. Post-secondary students are at an important stage in their life-course where they begin to form habitual travel behaviour as young adults. <br><br>FINDINGS from this study contribute an improved understanding of travel behaviour, which may also inform planning, policy and service provision relating to transportation, land development and affordable housing.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0966-6923",
doi="10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.03.013",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.03.013"
}