Print Email Facebook Twitter Travel pattern transitions Title Travel pattern transitions: A study on the effects of life events on changes in travel patterns Author De Haas, M.C. Contributor Chorus, C.G. (mentor) Faculty Technology, Policy and Management Department Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics Date 2016-09-22 Abstract In this thesis the relatively new method of latent transition analysis is applied within the mobility biographies framework to assess how life events influence changes in travel behaviour. Using transition analysis, it is assessed how people switch between different travel patterns over time. Data from the first three waves of the Netherlands Mobility Panel (MPN) is used to reveal different travel patterns and analyse transitions between these patterns over time. Six different meaningful travel patterns are used to asses transitions between these patterns over time. Four exogenous variables and six life events within the household-, employment- and residential biography are included to assess their effect on people’s transitions between the travel patterns. For all life events significant effects are found, indicating that there might indeed be ‘windows of opportunity’ to change travel behaviour when a life event occurs. The results show that, on average, people who only use a single mode are less likely to change their travel pattern compared to people who show a travel pattern that includes multiple modalities. In addition, the effects of life events and exogenous variables depend on initial travel pattern membership. For example, strict car users are generally less affected by life events than the other travel patterns. This indicates that it is important to include past travel behaviour within mobility biographies studies. Subject Latent class analysisLatent transition analysisTravel patternsLife eventsMobility biographiesTravel behaviour To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:53a1d5c0-6f2b-4c58-982d-910df3f1a271 Embargo date 2016-09-22 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2016 De Haas, M.C. Files PDF MC_de_Haas_TIL_Thesis_Fin ... sitory.pdf 6.76 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:53a1d5c0-6f2b-4c58-982d-910df3f1a271/datastream/OBJ/view