Trip Generation of Seniors and the Geography of Walking in Montreal

Md Moniruzzaman, Antonio Páez, Darren Scott and Catherine Morency
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Catherine Morency: Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, École Polytechnique, MADITUC Group, C.P. 6079, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC H3C 3A7, Canada

Environment and Planning A, 2015, vol. 47, issue 4, 957-976

Abstract: With the graying of populations across the world, the travel behavior of seniors has become a topic of growing interest in planning and research. Most attention in the field of transportation has been devoted to motorized travel. However, the use of various modes of transportation, including nonmotorized travel, remains to be fully investigated. In this paper the multimodal trip generation of seniors in Montreal Island is studied. Personal, mobility tools, neighborhood, and accessibility variables are considered in a trivariate ordered probit model of three modes: car, transit, and walking. Geographical analysis of the walking component of the model helps to identify locations within the region where walking is more or less prevalent among older adults.

Keywords: seniors; mobility; trip generation; walking; trivariate ordered probit model; spatial analysis; accessibility; neighborhood characteristics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1068/a130070p

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