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Satisfaction with travel and subjective well-being: Development and test of a measurement tool
Dick Ettema,Tommy Gärling,Tommy Gärling,Lars Eriksson,Margareta Friman,Lars E. Olsson,Satoshi Fujii +6 more
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In this article, the authors developed and tested a measure of travel-related subjective well-being, the nine item self-report satisfaction with travel scale (STS), which measures the benefits individuals derive from travel improvements.Abstract:
Subjective well-being (SWB) that includes individuals' cognitive and affective evaluations of life in general is proposed to be a more appropriate measure capturing the benefits individuals derive from travel improvements. We develop and test a measure of travel-related SWB, the nine item self-report satisfaction with travel scale (STS). In a survey of 155 undergraduates, STS, mood ratings, and ratings of SWB were collected for three hypothetical weekdays differing in travel mode, travel time, access to bus stops, and daily activity agenda. The results showed that STS is reliable and differentiates between changes in travel conditions. STS, mood, and to some extent SWB were shown to be affected by travel mode (bus vs. car), travel time, access to bus stops, and the number of activities in the daily agenda.read more
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Travel and Subjective Well-Being: A Focus on Findings, Methods and Future Research Needs
TL;DR: In this article, the authors give an overview of studies concerning travel and well-being, focusing on results, methods and gaps in present research, and suggest that travel behaviour affects wellbeing through experiences during travel, activity participation enabled by travel, activities during (destination-oriented) travel, trips where travel is the activity and through potential travel (or motility).
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Happiness and Satisfaction with work commute
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The happy commuter: a comparison of commuter satisfaction across modes
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How in-vehicle activities affect work commuters’ satisfaction with public transport
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Travel mode choice and travel satisfaction: bridging the gap between decision utility and experienced utility
Jonas De Vos,Patricia L. Mokhtarian,Tim Schwanen,Veronique Van Acker,Veronique Van Acker,Frank Witlox +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the relation between mode choice and travel satisfaction for leisure trips (with travel-related attitudes and the built environment as explanatory variables) of study participants in urban and suburban neighborhoods in the city of Ghent, Belgium.
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