Transport-related residential self-selection indicates that people try to live in a neighbourhood in line with their travel preferences and needs. Although studies have found that travel attitudes are mostly aligned with urban form characteristics of the residential location, no studies have explored whether people are actually able to travel in their preferred way after having relocated. In this study we analyse whether individuals’ travel patterns are consistent with their travel preferences following residential relocation and if this congruency affects their travel satisfaction. Results from 1650 recently relocated residents in the city of Ghent (Belgium) indicate that most respondents were able to change their travel behaviour in congruence with their travel attitudes. The study found that a decrease in travel duration, distance, car use, and public transport use, and an increase in walking and cycling increased travel satisfaction. This is particularly true when changes in travel behaviour interacted with travel attitudes. Results show that when walking and cycling levels change in line with travel attitudes, travel satisfaction increases strongly. However, the interaction between travel behaviour changes and travel attitudes does not always explain travel satisfaction (improvements). We found, for instance, that individuals with reduced travel durations, despite having a positive attitude towards travel in general, have high levels of travel satisfaction (improvements). The findings indicate that built environment interventions enabling a transport-related self-selection process have the potential to contribute to satisfying travel and thereby to improve subjective well-being of residents.

与交通相关的住宅自我选择表明人们试图住在符合他们旅行偏好和需求的社区。尽管研究发现出行态度大多与居住地的城市形态特征一致，但没有研究探讨人们搬迁后是否真的能够以自己喜欢的方式出行。在这项研究中，我们分析了个人的旅行模式是否与他们搬迁后的旅行偏好一致，以及这种一致性是否会影响他们的旅行满意度。根特市（比利时）最近搬迁的 1650 名居民的结果表明，大多数受访者能够根据他们的旅行态度改变他们的旅行行为。研究发现，旅行时间、距离、汽车使用的减少，和公共交通的使用，以及步行和骑自行车的增加提高了旅行满意度。当旅行行为的变化与旅行态度相互作用时尤其如此。结果表明，当步行和骑自行车的水平随着旅行态度的变化而变化时，旅行满意度会显着增加。然而，旅行行为变化和旅行态度之间的相互作用并不总是能解释旅行满意度（改进）。例如，我们发现，尽管总体上对旅行持积极态度，但旅行时间缩短的人的旅行满意度（改进）水平很高。