Travel behavior changes due to life events: Longitudinal evidence from Dutch couple households

J Gao; S He; D Ettema; M Helbich

doi:10.1016/j.tra.2023.103765

Travel behavior changes due to life events: Longitudinal evidence from Dutch couple households

J Gao^*
, S He^*
, D Ettema^*
, M Helbich^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Urban Accessibility and Social Inclusion

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Abstract

Despite increasing interest in how travel behavior changes over time, few studies have investigated how life events alter travel behavior, especially from a household perspective. This study examined the extent to which life events influenced changes in travel mode frequencies at the household level. We applied structural equation modeling based on the Netherlands Mobility Panel data for 2014 and 2016. For both partners, acquiring a household car significantly increased car use, and disposing of household cars decreased car use frequency. The number of household cars was inversely related to men's train use. Childbirth in the household decreased both partners’ cycling frequency. Men's job changes increased train use. These findings emphasize that life events can influence changes in travel behavior within household partners.

Original language	English
Article number	103765
Pages (from-to)	1-14
Number of pages	14
Journal	Transportation Research, Part A: Policy and Practice
Volume	175
Early online date	11 Jul 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2023.103765
Publication status	Published - Sept 2023

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi under Grant [number: 2021JQ-239]; the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, CHD under Grant [number: 300102341305]; the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan [PE20029].

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© 2023 Elsevier Ltd

Keywords

Travel behavior change
Life events
Car ownership
Household couples
The Netherlands

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