Automobile ownership, households without automobiles, and urban traffic parameters: Are they related?

Karlaftis, M; Golias, J

dc.contributor.author	Karlaftis, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Golias, J	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:17:34Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:17:34Z
dc.date.issued	2002	en
dc.identifier.issn	0361-1981	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/14567
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Civil	en
dc.subject.classification	Transportation	en
dc.subject.classification	Transportation Science & Technology	en
dc.subject.other	Database systems	en
dc.subject.other	Economic and social effects	en
dc.subject.other	Mathematical models	en
dc.subject.other	Traffic surveys	en
dc.subject.other	Urban traffic parameters	en
dc.subject.other	Automobiles	en
dc.title	Automobile ownership, households without automobiles, and urban traffic parameters: Are they related?	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.3141/1792-04	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1792-04	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2002	en
heal.abstract	Most research to date on automobile ownership has concentrated on establishing links between various socioeconomic factors and automobile ownership, without much regard to urban traffic parameters that may affect ownership rates. To address the issue of the effect of traffic parameters on ownership rates, the study takes a twofold approach. First, it investigates whether traffic characteristics and network efficiency parameters influence automobile ownership. Second, it investigates whether not having an automobile (antolessness) is also affected, and to what degree, by these parameters. The results clearly suggest that the variables affecting automobile ownership and autolessness are not the same. It further suggests that traffic network and efficiency parameters do not, on one hand, affect autolessness, but they do, on the other hand, affect the number of automobiles owned by a household. What this seems to imply is that a household's decision to purchase the first automobile is primarily based on socioeconomic factors, whereas the decision to purchase a second automobile (or more) is largely based on traffic network, efficiency, and transit level-of-service parameters.	en
heal.publisher	TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD NATL RESEARCH COUNCIL	en
heal.journalName	Transportation Research Record	en
heal.bookName	TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.3141/1792-04	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000179636200004	en
dc.identifier.issue	1792	en
dc.identifier.spage	29	en
dc.identifier.epage	35	en