The Effect of Distance Intervals on Walking Likelihood in Different Trip Purposes

Elżbieta Macioszek, Ali Karami, Iman Farzin, Mohammadhossein Abbasi, Amir Reza Mamdoohi and Cristiana Piccioni
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Elżbieta Macioszek: Department of Transport Systems, Traffic Engineering and Logistics, Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Krasińskiego 8 Street, 40-019 Katowice, Poland
Ali Karami: Faculty of Civil Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran 19967, Iran
Iman Farzin: Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Transportation Planning Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran 14117, Iran
Mohammadhossein Abbasi: Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Transportation Planning Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran 14117, Iran
Amir Reza Mamdoohi: Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Transportation Planning Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran 14117, Iran
Cristiana Piccioni: Faculty of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 6, 1-17

Abstract: Increasing private car ownership and car dependency has led to a low share of walking as an active mode as well as congestion, air pollution, and health problems in developing countries. This paper aims to identify and compare the impacts of a selection of socio-economic, travel-related, and built environment variables on walking likelihood and respondents’ sensitivity to the walking distance, both for discretionary and mandatory trips. The analysis drew its origin from 14,463 responses acquired through an extensive travel survey conducted in the city of Qazvin, Iran. The estimated binary logit coefficients show people’s heterogeneity in the walking behavior for discretionary and mandatory trips. The results report a higher likelihood of walking on mandatory trips at almost all distances than the discretionary ones. Furthermore, investigating individual heterogeneity in different trip distances reveals that people aged less than 14 are more likely to choose walking on mandatory trips longer than 2400 m. Besides, those aged 25–44 years old or above 65 have less tendency to choose walking on mandatory trips with distances of 2000–2400 m and 800–1200 m, respectively. These findings are almost different on discretionary trips; compared to other age groups, people aged 15–24 years are less likely to choose walking on discretionary trips with a distance of 800–1200 m. Moreover, in trip distances of 1200–1600 m, the elderlies have a greater tendency to choose walking compared to other age groups. Some implications for more sustainable mobility in human-oriented urban environments are also presented and critically discussed.

Keywords: transportation; walking distance; mandatory trips; discretionary trips; built environment; binary logit model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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