ABSTRACT

This paper aims to highlight how soft variables play an important role in travel mode choices in the New York metropolitan area. This study focuses on the effects of racial/ethnic affinities and travel purposes on travel mode choices. This study finds that racial/ethnic affinities play a different role in travel mode choices according to racial/ethnic groups. For instance, racial/ethnic affinities play a negative role in carpooling of whites for leisure, unlike other racial/ethnic groups. This result shows that the general hypothesis is wrong, that is, living in racial/ethnic neighborhoods has a positive impact on carpooling. This study highlights that travel mode choices are differentiated by travel purposes across racial/ethnic groups. For example, Hispanics are positively related to the household carpool for shopping, whereas they show a negative probability of that for school. The results show that urban planners should take soft variables into account for travel mode choices.

摘要

本文旨在强调软变量如何在纽约都会区的出行方式选择中发挥重要作用。这项研究的重点是种族/种族亲和力和出行目的对出行方式选择的影响。这项研究发现，根据种族/族裔群体，种族/族裔亲和力在出行方式选择中起着不同的作用。例如，与其他种族/族裔群体不同，种族/族裔的亲和力在白人乘车出游中起到了消极作用。该结果表明，一般假设是错误的，也就是说，生活在种族/族裔社区对拼车产生积极影响。这项研究强调，出行方式的选择因种族/族裔群体出行目的的不同而不同。例如，西班牙裔美国人与家庭拼车购物有积极的关系，而对于学校，则显示出负的可能性。结果表明，城市规划人员应在选择出行方式时考虑软变量。