A mode choice analysis of school trips in New Jersey

Robert B Noland; Hyunsoo Park; Leigh Ann Von Hagen; Daniel G. Chatman

doi:10.5198/jtlu.v7i2.444

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2014-07-28

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2014)

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Noland, R. B., Park, H., Von Hagen, L. A., & Chatman, D. G. (2014). A mode choice analysis of school trips in New Jersey. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 7(2), 111–133. https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.v7i2.444

A mode choice analysis of school trips in New Jersey

Robert B Noland

Rutgers University

Hyunsoo Park

Rutgers University

Leigh Ann Von Hagen

Rutgers University

Daniel G. Chatman

University of California, Berkeley

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.v7i2.444

Keywords: active transport, school travel, walking

Abstract

This paper examines the mode choice behavior of children’s travel to school based on surveys conducted at a sample of schools in New Jersey. The main focus is on a variety of network design, land use, and infrastructure variables that have typically been associated with walking activity. Using a mixed logit model, it is found that good connectivity, more intense residential land use, and better sidewalk infrastructure are associated with increased walking to school. The use of a mixed logit model allows the examination of individual heterogeneity. Results indicate substantial heterogeneity in behavior associated with built environment variables.