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Can transit investments in low-income neighbourhoods increase transit use? Exploring the nexus of income, car-ownership, and transit accessibility in Toronto [PDF]

open access: yesTransportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 2021
Transportation equity advocates recommend improving public transit in low-income neighbourhoods to alleviate socio-spatial inequalities and increase quality of life.
Elnaz Yousefzadeh Barri   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Is ride-hailing a step closer to personal car use? Exploring associations between car-based ride-hailing and car ownership and use aspirations among young adults

open access: yesTravel Behaviour & Society, 2023
New and emerging ICT-mediated mobility services, such as ride-hailing, are shaping travel behaviours with profound implications for sustainable urban transport and mobility.
R. Acheampong   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prediction Model of Car Ownership Based on Back Propagation Neural Network Optimized by Particle Swarm Optimization

open access: yesSustainability, 2023
Aiming to address the problems of traditional BP neural networks, which include their slow convergence speed and low accuracy, a vehicle ownership prediction model based on a BP neural network with particle swarm optimization is proposed. The weights and
Huale Zhang, Yuan Li, Lianghuan Yan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Transitions into and out of Car Ownership among Low-Income Households in the United States

open access: yesJournal of planning education and research, 2023
We examine transitions into and out of car ownership among low-income households. We use a novel online survey of U.S. residents to investigate why households lose access to a car, how long they are without a car, why they regain a car, and how these ...
N. Klein, Rounaq Basu, Michael J. Smart
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Who goes electric? The anatomy of electric car ownership in Norway

open access: yesTransportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 2021
We describe the anatomy of electric car ownership in Norway, the country with the highest market share of low-emission vehicles, using matched administrative micro data covering the entire population of private car owners.
Elisabeth Fevang   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

In the driver’s seat: Pathways to automobile ownership for lower-income households in the United States

open access: yesTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2023
We examine how lower-income households in the United States acquire automobiles. Although car ownership plays a vital role in social and economic mobility in the US, transportation scholars know little about how low-income households obtain cars.
Nicholas J. Klein   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling Household Car Ownership in Belgium

open access: yesInternational Journal of Transport Development and Integration, 2022
Private vehicles have dominated personal transportation for the past 50 years. They provide positive externalities such as accessibility and independence. However, their widespread use in urban areas has resulted in negative externalities such as traffic congestion, air pollution, human health problems and damage to the ecosystem.
Hosseinzadeh Bahreini, Samaneh   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Does Car-Sharing Reduce Car Ownership? Empirical Evidence from Germany

open access: yesSustainability, 2021
The sharing economy is making its way into our everyday lives. One of its business models, car-sharing, has become highly popular. Can it help us increase our sustainability?
Aaron Kolleck
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Relations of Public Transport Use and Car Ownership with Neighbourhood and City-Level Travel Purposes in Kerman, Iran

open access: yesUrban Science, 2022
There are significant deviations in travel mode choice drivers between developed and developing countries. This study investigates the determinants of car ownership and public transit ridership in Iran.
Houshmand Masoumi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drivers of Car Ownership in a Car-Oriented City: A Mixed-Method Study

open access: yesSustainability, 2021
This paper presents a mixed-method analysis of car ownership in Reykjavik, Iceland, a location with a high motorization level and deeply rooted car culture.
J. Heinonen   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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