Influence on the choice of transportation mode of travel time variability, personal benefits, and environmental damage from cars versus public transportation

• Autores: Mercedes López Sáez, David Lois García, José Francisco Morales
• Localización: Anales de psicología, ISSN-e 1695-2294, ISSN 0212-9728, Vol. 32, Nº. 2, 2016, págs. 555-564
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.6018/analesps.32.2.208381
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  • : Influencia en la elección de modo de transporte de la información sobre variabilidad en el tiempo del viaje, beneficios personales y daño ambiental del coche versus transporte público
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    En un estudio experimental, se examina la influencia en la elección de modo de transporte, para desplazarse al lugar de trabajo, de la información sobre la variabilidad del tiempo del trayecto, los beneficios personales o los daños ambientales de utilizar coche o transporte público.

    Además de estas variables, manipuladas experimentalmente, se ha comprobado la influencia de las actitudes previas hacia el metro. La muestra está compuesta por usuarios habituales de coche para ir al trabajo (N = 220, edad M = 37.4, SD = 8.1, 63.2% mujeres). Los resultados muestran que proporcionar información sobre las ventajas del transporte público, así como las actitudes previas hacia el metro, disminuyen la preferencia, la elección y la percepción de control del uso del coche. De las variables manipuladas experimentalmente, la información sobre la variabilidad del tiempo del trayecto es la que más influye. Estos resultados ponen de manifiesto la importancia de tener en cuenta estas variables al implantar campa- ñas institucionales para disminuir el uso del coche como modo de transporte para ir al trabajo

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    The influence of information about trip time variability, personal benefits, or environmental harm from cars or public transportation on commuting mode choice (car or subway) is examined in an experimental study. In addition to these experimentally manipulated variables, the influence of prior attitudes towards the subway was verified. The sample is made up of habitual users of the car to travel to work (N = 220, age M = 37.4, SD = 8.1, 63.2% women). The results show that providing information about the advantages of public transportation, as well as prior attitudes towards the subway, decrease the preference, choice, and perceived control of car use. Of the experimentally manipulated variables, information about the variability of trip time had the greatest influence. These results highlight the importance of taking into account these variables to implement institutional campaigns to reduce car use as transportation mode

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