 Residential relocation and changes in travel behavior: what is the role of social context change?Tao Lin, Donggen Wang and Meng Zhou Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2018, vol. 111, issue C, 360-374 Abstract: Life events such as residential relocation are considered important triggers of changes in the travel behavior of individuals because they usually result in significant changes to the built and social environments of travel behavior. A number of studies have examined the link between residential relocation and changes in travel behavior focusing on the effects of the changes in built environment. However, very few studies are concerned with the relationship between residential relocation and changes in personal social networks and neighborhood social environments and the effects of these on travel behavior. On the basis of longitudinal panel data from a two-wave household travel diary survey conducted in Beijing from 2011 to 2013, the purpose of this study is to examine to what extent residential relocation will lead to changes in residential social environment and personal social network, which trigger adjustments to travel behavior. A structural equations model is developed to empirically verify the hypothesized link. The findings highlight the importance of changes in social environments and personal social networks for explaining travel changes induced by residential relocation. The present study offers an application of using real panel data to investigate the role of social network and social environment in the relationship between residential relocation and travel behavior change. The study contributes to both the literature on life events and travel behavior and that on social networks and travel behavior. Keywords: Residential relocation; Social network changes; Travel behavior changes; Longitudinal study; Panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:transa:v:111:y:2018:i:c:p:360-374 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2018.03.015 Access Statistics for this article Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice is currently edited by John (J.M.) Rose More articles in Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice from Elsevier |
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