Accounting for the Theory of Planned Behaviour in departure time choice

Mikkel Thorhauge, Sonja Haustein, Elisabetta Cherchi

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    Abstract

    Motivating people to change their departure time could play a key role in reducing peakhour congestion, which remains one of the most prevalent transport problems in large urban areas. To achieve this behavioural change, it is necessary to better understand the factors that influence departure time choice. So far departure time choice modelling focussed mainly on objective factors, such as time and costs as main behavioural determinants. In this study, we derived psychological factors based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour, estimated them based on structural equation modelling, and included them into a discrete choice model. The psychological factors were measured based on an online questionnaire addressed to car commuters to the city centre of Copenhagen (N = 286). The
    questionnaire additionally included a travel diary and a stated preference experiment with nine departure time choice scenarios. All psychological factors had a significant effect on departure time choice and could improve the model as compared to a basic discrete choice model without latent constructs. As expected, the effects of the psychological factors were different depending on framework conditions: for people with fixed starting times at work, the intention to arrive at work on time (as estimated by subjective norm, attitude, perceived behavioural control) had the strongest effect; for people with flexible working hours, the attitude towards short travel time was most relevant. Limitations, the inclusion of additional psychological factors and their possible interactions are discussed.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalTransportation Research. Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
    Volume38
    Pages (from-to)94–105
    ISSN1369-8478
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

    Keywords

    • Departure time
    • Theory of Planned Behaviour
    • Hybrid choice model
    • Attitude
    • Intention

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