1. Links between Attitudes, Mode Choice, and Travel Satisfaction: A Cross-Border Long-Commute Case Study
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Marius Thériault, Samuel Carpentier-Postel, Christophe Enaux, Philippe Gerber, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Centre de recherche en aménagement et développement (CRAD), Université Laval [Québec] (ULaval), Laboratoire Image, Ville, Environnement (LIVE), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Théoriser et modéliser pour aménager (UMR 6049) (ThéMA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), and Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bourgogne (UB)
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Luxembourg ,Geography, Planning and Development ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,TJ807-830 ,Context (language use) ,02 engineering and technology ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Logistic regression ,TD194-195 ,Structural equation modeling ,Renewable energy sources ,0502 economics and business ,11. Sustainability ,cross-border long commutes ,statistical modelling ,GE1-350 ,Mode choice ,Socioeconomic status ,050210 logistics & transportation ,attitudes ,Environmental effects of industries and plants ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,satisfaction ,021107 urban & regional planning ,Statistical model ,[SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography ,Environmental sciences ,mode choice ,Conceptual framework ,Public transport ,8. Economic growth ,Psychology ,business ,Social psychology - Abstract
This paper focuses on a particular form of high mobility, namely the long journeys to work generated by cross-border job market. More precisely, it studies the impact of such behaviors on well-being by analyzing the relationships between mode choice, transport-related attitudes, socio-demographic and spatial attributes, and the level of satisfaction in the context of cross-border long commutes to Luxembourg. The statistical modelling is rooted to a conceptual framework that emphasizes the mutual dependencies between attitudes, mode choice, and satisfaction. Based on a survey among long-distance commuters (N = 3093) held in 2010 and 2011, two ordered logistic regressions, one of which including latent constructs of transport-related attitudes derived from a structural equation modelling, are developed to explain satisfaction in commuting. Main findings are: (1) Travel-related attitudes influence satisfaction with travel more than socio-demographic attributes, (2) public transport users are globally more satisfied in commuting than car drivers, (3) the socio-economic model of satisfaction is plagued by omitted variables issues, (4) the attitude model of satisfaction drops all but one socio-economic attributes (education remains) while improving adjustment (Pseudo-R-squared = 0.57 versus 0.09, BIC = 2953 versus 6059) and avoiding omitted variables bias. The effect of attitudes and other latent constructs is of paramount importance, even concealing most socio-demographic attributes to assess satisfaction. The conclusion is devoted to a discussion on the sustainability of these cross-border long commutes from the individual, social, and environmental points of view.
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- 2020
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