Abstract Local mobility culture is introduced as a theoretical concept that is useful for transformative research. This article conceptualizes local mobility culture as injunctive normative beliefs that comprise the priorities of a local transport system. The concept suggests that these beliefs are acquired through communication within social networks. The presented measure for local mobility culture proposes a structure of seven first-order factors reflecting the impact of two latent second-order factors. These indicate the perceived general social support for a more car-oriented vs. multimodality promoting local mobility culture. The results of three survey studies (N = 173, N = 610, N = 725) support the proposed measurement structure. Furthermore, the results also support the predictive validity of the new measure: Dimensions of local mobility culture have a substantive direct as well as indirect association with self-reported means of transport use, mediated by descriptive normative beliefs. Additionally, results indicate a substantive association between the perceived local mobility culture and objective characteristics of the local transport system. Implication of the results for research and transformative policy initiatives are discussed.

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作为强制性规范信念的当地流动文化——一种理论方法和相关的测量工具

摘要 本地流动文化被引入作为一个对变革性研究有用的理论概念。本文将当地交通文化概念化为构成当地交通系统优先事项的强制性规范信念。这个概念表明，这些信念是通过社交网络内的交流获得的。所提出的本地流动文化测量提出了一个由七个一级因素组成的结构，反映了两个潜在的二级因素的影响。这些表明人们普遍认为社会支持更加以汽车为导向，而不是促进当地交通文化的多模式。三项调查研究（N = 173、N = 610、N = 725）的结果支持建议的测量结构。此外，结果还支持新措施的预测有效性：当地流动文化的维度与自我报告的交通使用方式有实质性的直接和间接关联，由描述性规范信念介导。此外，结果表明，感知到的当地流动文化与当地交通系统的客观特征之间存在实质性关联。讨论了结果对研究和变革性政策举措的影响。