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Social Norms Matter: University Students’ Misbehaviors in the Metro Carriage
- Source :
- Journal of Advanced Transportation, Vol 2021 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Hindawi-Wiley, 2021.
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Abstract
- Metro travelers’ travel experience is highly influenced by fellow passengers’ misbehaviors such as eating or littering in the carriage and sound blaster, which are common in the metro carriage. Although operators have implemented various regulations to reduce misbehavior, little theoretical research has investigated such behavior motivators to provide targeted guidelines for specific passenger segments. To this end, this study explores how demographic and perceived social norms of university students affect their misbehaviors, i.e., eating in the carriage, public display of affection, sound blaster, cross-legged sitting, leaning against the pole, and littering, in the metro carriage of Shanghai, China. With the structural equation model, it is revealed that both injunctive and descriptive norms impose significant impacts on passengers’ inappropriate behaviors, with the effect of the former generally to a greater degree. Gender heterogeneity in passenger misbehavior is also observed, where males significantly perform better in eating in the carriage and cross-legged sitting. These findings may decode the underlying motivation of passenger misbehaviors and provide guidelines for effective intervention with targeted policy design and implementation.
- Subjects :
- Transportation engineering
TA1001-1280
Transportation and communications
HE1-9990
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01976729 and 20423195
- Volume :
- 2021
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Journal of Advanced Transportation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.4e7dec708ee34743a3f7011d1a79ac5b
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/1749298