Exploring the travel behavioral differences for the elderly mobility on public transit
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2025
Subject Area
planning - surveys, planning - integration, economics - willingness to pay, ridership - old people, ridership - young people, ridership - behaviour
Keywords
Route choice behavior, stated preference survey, taste of heterogeneity, elderly travelers, travel time multipliers, willingness to pay, transit policy
Abstract
Developing an integrated transportation system has required strategies to improve mobility in public transportation networks. This study aims to construct a route choice model incorporating heterogeneous travel behaviors and suggest policy improvements considering travel behavioral characteristics for the elderly in transportation planning. A stated preference survey has been established to explore the travel behaviors on public transit. The behavioral differences of elderly travelers are compared with young adult travelers by the parameters of travel time attributes. Travel time multipliers are developed to compare the time impedance for the travels on public transit using the concept of willingness to pay. Travelers are reluctant to increase the transfer time for all types, resulting in multipliers ranging from 1.91 to 2.11. The results provide the implications of transport policy for the elderly considering a convenient transfer on the integrated transit system in an aging society.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Taylor&Francis, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Cho, S. H., Park, S. H., & Choo, S. (2025). Exploring the travel behavioral differences for the elderly mobility on public transit. Transportation Letters, 17(1), 61-71.
