Physical Activity in School Travel: A Cross-Nested Logit Approach

Alireza Ermagun and David Levinson

No 130, Working Papers from University of Minnesota: Nexus Research Group

Abstract: This paper considers school access by both active (walk, bike), quasi-active (walk to transit) and non-active modes (car) in a two-level cross-nested logit framework. A sample of 3,272 middle and high school students was collected in Tehran. The results of the cross-nested logit model suggest that for people who choose walking, increasing a 1 percent in home-to-school distance reduces the probability of walking by 3.51 percent. While, this reduction is equal to 2.82 and 2.27 percent as per the multinomial and nested logit models, respectively. This is a direct consequence of the model specification that results in underestimating the effect of distance by 1.24 percent. It is also worth mentioning that, a one percent increase in home-to-school distance diminishes the probability of taking public transit by 1.04 among public transit users, while increases the probability of shifting to public transit from walking by 1.39 percent. Further, a one percent increase of the distance to public transport, decreases the probability of students' physical activity, approximately, 0.04 percent.

Keywords: Public Transit; Active Mode of Travel; School Trips; Tehran (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C35 I12 J13 R14 R41 R42 R53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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