@article{ref1,
title="The effect of soft variables on travel mode choices",
journal="Transportation letters",
year="2020",
author="Yum, Seungil",
volume="12",
number="10",
pages="659-670",
abstract="This paper aims to highlight how soft variables play an important role in travel mode choices in the New York metropolitan area. This study focuses on the effects of racial/ethnic affinities and travel purposes on travel mode choices. This study finds that racial/ethnic affinities play a different role in travel mode choices according to racial/ethnic groups. For instance, racial/ethnic affinities play a negative role in carpooling of whites for leisure, unlike other racial/ethnic groups. This result shows that the general hypothesis is wrong, that is, living in racial/ethnic neighborhoods has a positive impact on carpooling. This study highlights that travel mode choices are differentiated by travel purposes across racial/ethnic groups. For example, Hispanics are positively related to the household carpool for shopping, whereas they show a negative probability of that for school. The results show that urban planners should take soft variables into account for travel mode choices.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1942-7867",
doi="10.1080/19427867.2019.1687196",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19427867.2019.1687196"
}