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Behavioral analysis and transportation planning: Inputs to transit planning

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The purpose of this paper is to discuss various types of behavioral data of potential relevance to transit planning. In particular a distinction is drawn between behavorial information regarding feelings, attitudes, opinions, and the like and more sophisticated types of data dealing with individuals' intentions to respond in certain ways given certain configurations of stimuli (transportation variables). The former is shown to be an important input to incremental planning, i.e., where information as to system performance is desired. The latter is shown to be critical to decisions regarding manipulations of transit system parameters, i.e., where knowledge of the outcome of manipulating system parameters is desired.

A methodological example as to how the first type of data — informational level data — can be collected and utilized in system planning is presented. Specifically, data collected along the lines of traditional attitude surveys is collected in an attempt to monitor changes in public “satisfaction” with the Iowa City, Iowa, bus system before and after major system innovations. Implications of the collection and analytical procedures are discussed.

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  1. Dean for Advanced Studies and Professor of Geography at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

    Frank E. Horton

  2. Assistant Professor of Geography at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

    Jordan J. Louviere

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This report was produced as part of a program of research and training in urban transportation sponsored by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration of the Department of Transportation.

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Horton, F.E., Louviere, J.J. Behavioral analysis and transportation planning: Inputs to transit planning. Transportation 3, 165–182 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00219616

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