TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding high-frequent bus riders
T2 - congestion, education, and riders’ preferences
AU - Garcia–López, Miquel Àngel
AU - Nicolini, Rosella
AU - Roig Sabaté, José Luis
N1 - We are grateful to Marc Dargallo, Carlos López, José Luis Molina, Pere Navarro, Carme Ruíz, and Sara Serentill for their comments and suggestions in the planning of the survey. We are also indebted to Joan Carulla, David Rodríguez, Albert Recio, Associació de Veïnes i Veïns de Barcelona, Carles Pineda and the members of the Casal del Baix Guinardó, Helena Xicota and the members of the Espai de Gent Gran Sagrada Família and Carlit, Xarxa d'Associacions Centres Cívics de Barcelona, Centro Cívico Aragonés de Barcelona, Can Basté, Cordibaix, Coordinació Centre de Recursos per a les Associacions Juvenils de Barcelona, Centres de Normalització Lingüística de Barcelona, and members of different schools at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, CETT (UB), and XREPP for their help with creating and distributing the survey. Comments from Gabriel Facchini, Mariateresa Silvi, two anonymous reviewers and participants at NARSC 2018, NARSC 2020, RSAI 2021 and SETTLE 2022 conferences are gratefully acknowledged. We are also indebted to Marta M.J. Joel and Maria M.G. for their support.
PY - 2024/6/1
Y1 - 2024/6/1
N2 - In this article, we quantify the impact of individual and contingent factors on citizens’ decisions to regularly use the public bus transportation in Barcelona, Spain. Using data from an original survey, we approximate the effect of traffic congestion as a deterrent to becoming a high-frequent bus rider and show that level of education and employment status, as indicators of environmental concerns, fuel the regular use of bus services. Simulations conducted to identify the group of citizens most prone to changing their transportation habits additionally show that regular commuters in the urban area and with a higher level of education are more responsive to reductions in congestion that increase their probability of becoming frequent bus users.
AB - In this article, we quantify the impact of individual and contingent factors on citizens’ decisions to regularly use the public bus transportation in Barcelona, Spain. Using data from an original survey, we approximate the effect of traffic congestion as a deterrent to becoming a high-frequent bus rider and show that level of education and employment status, as indicators of environmental concerns, fuel the regular use of bus services. Simulations conducted to identify the group of citizens most prone to changing their transportation habits additionally show that regular commuters in the urban area and with a higher level of education are more responsive to reductions in congestion that increase their probability of becoming frequent bus users.
KW - Bus transportation service
KW - Congestion
KW - Education
KW - Income
KW - Linear probability model
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UR - https://portalrecerca.uab.cat/en/publications/20db4918-5325-4e68-af7c-6ad5f1d58302
U2 - 10.1016/j.cstp.2024.101187
DO - 10.1016/j.cstp.2024.101187
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85188818289
SN - 2213-624X
VL - 16
SP - 101187
JO - Case Studies on Transport Policy
JF - Case Studies on Transport Policy
M1 - 101187
ER -
