A mode choice analysis of school trips in New Jersey

Robert Nolan (), Hyunsoo Park (), Leigh Ann Von Hagen () and Daniel Chatman ()
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Robert Nolan: Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Rutgers University, Postal: Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Rutgers University 33 Livingston Ave New Brunswick, NJ 08901, http://policy.rutgers.edu/faculty/noland/
Hyunsoo Park: Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Rutgers University, Postal: Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center,, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Leigh Ann Von Hagen: Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Rutgers University, Postal: Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center,, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Daniel Chatman: Berkeley University of California, Postal: Berkeley University of California, 410A Wurster Hall #1850, Berkeley, CA 94720-1820, http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVu.mO.JUz2gA6Y4nnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTBybnV2cXQwBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMgRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkAw--/RV=2/RE=1424141350/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fwww.danielgchatman.com%2f/RK=0/RS=Q9oasRICDWgZzKlHQZ_.MlxKYs4-
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The Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2014, vol. 7, issue 2, 111-133

Abstract: This paper examines the mode choice behavior of children’s travel to school based on surveys conducted at a sample of schools in New Jersey. The main focus is on a variety of network design, land use, and infrastructure variables that have typically been associated with walking activity. Using a mixed logit model, it is found that good connectivity, more intense residential land use, and better sidewalk infrastructure are associated with increased walking to school. The use of a mixed logit model allows the examination of individual heterogeneity. Results indicate substantial heterogeneity in behavior associated with built environment variables.

Keywords: active transport; school travel; walking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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