Users of different travel modes differ in journey satisfaction and habit strength but not environmental worldviews: A large-scale survey of drivers, walkers, bicyclists and bus users commuting to a UK university

Thomas, Gregory Owen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5566-4416 and Walker, Ian 2015. Users of different travel modes differ in journey satisfaction and habit strength but not environmental worldviews: A large-scale survey of drivers, walkers, bicyclists and bus users commuting to a UK university. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 34 , pp. 86-93. 10.1016/j.trf.2015.07.016

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Abstract

People who travel to the same university workplace by bicycle, bus, car, and walking were compared in a survey (N = 1609). Data are presented on environmental worldviews, journey affective appraisals, and habit strength. Unexpectedly, findings showed comparable levels of environmental worldview across modes. This might reflect the role of attitudes on behaviour, or question the validity of the established environmental worldview scale used here. Results also replicated previous work on affective appraisal, and suggested that whilst walking, bicycling and bus use have distinctive affective appraisals associated with each mode, car driving was affectively neutral, generating no strong response on any dimension – a finding tentatively explained with reference to the normative status of driving. The survey also showed users of active travel modes reported stronger habit strength than car or public transport users, with possible links to the role of affect in formulating habit strength in line with habit theory.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Architecture
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Transport choice; Environmental worldviews; Affect; Habit; Health
Additional Information:	Available online 26 August 2015
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	1369-8478
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Date of Acceptance:	22 July 2015
Last Modified:	18 Nov 2024 06:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/76207

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