Handbook of Travel Behaviour
Published on 10. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
536 pages
978-1-0353-8649-9 (ISBN)
Description
This insightful Handbook offers a comprehensive and diverse understanding of the determinants of travel behaviour, looking at the ways in which it can be better understood, modelled and forecasted. Dimitris Potoglou and Justin Spinney bring together an international range of esteemed academics who explore the origins of the field, research analysis methods, environmental considerations, and social factors.
The Handbook of Travel Behaviour critically engages with the development of the field, exploring key theoretical, empirical and critical debates including its evolution into operational modelling platforms. Chapters cover traditional and emerging data collection and analytical methods, highlighting the ways in which different approaches enhance the understanding of travel behaviour. The Handbook offers an in-depth examination on how age, income, gender, societal development, health as well as disruptions such as the Covid-19 pandemic have affected travel behaviour. This perceptive Handbook concludes by outlining key areas for further research, including big data, digitalisation, public participation, social inclusion, sustainability and efficiency, and Global South contexts.
Interdisciplinary in scope, this Handbook will be an essential resource for academics, students and researchers specialising in transport geography and planning, human geography, social psychology, and urban and regional studies. Providing vital insight on methods of data collection and analysis, it will also be of interest to professionals working in the transport planning industry.
The Handbook of Travel Behaviour critically engages with the development of the field, exploring key theoretical, empirical and critical debates including its evolution into operational modelling platforms. Chapters cover traditional and emerging data collection and analytical methods, highlighting the ways in which different approaches enhance the understanding of travel behaviour. The Handbook offers an in-depth examination on how age, income, gender, societal development, health as well as disruptions such as the Covid-19 pandemic have affected travel behaviour. This perceptive Handbook concludes by outlining key areas for further research, including big data, digitalisation, public participation, social inclusion, sustainability and efficiency, and Global South contexts.
Interdisciplinary in scope, this Handbook will be an essential resource for academics, students and researchers specialising in transport geography and planning, human geography, social psychology, and urban and regional studies. Providing vital insight on methods of data collection and analysis, it will also be of interest to professionals working in the transport planning industry.
Reviews / Votes
'The Handbook of Travel Behaviour provides an authoritative overview of research on travel behaviour and its latest developments. This is a must-have publication for any graduate student working on travel behaviour research. I highly recommend it.' -- Becky P.Y. Loo, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China 'With a who's who list of contributors, this Handbook provides a thorough overview of the state of travel behavior research today. Its chapters expand our understanding of travel behavior, discuss new ways of studying it, and explore how it is being reshaped by technology and other societal forces. This Handbook will be indispensable for students and veteran researchers alike.' -- Susan Handy, University of California, Davis, US 'I would like to congratulate Potoglou and Spinney for calling on such a distinguished group of scholars for this Handbook of Travel Behavior. As a student in this field, I found their writing illuminating and thought provoking. I was reminded of the intellectual and practical challenges the study of travel behavior presents, and its utility to society. This volume is a fine addition to the transportation literature.' -- Antonio Paez, McMaster University, CanadaMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0353-8649-9 (9781035386499)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Edited by Dimitris Potoglou, Professor, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University and Justin Spinney, Professor, Centre for Transport and Society, University of the West of England, UK
Content
Contents:
Preface xi
1 Introduction to the Handbook of Travel Behaviour 1
Dimitris Potoglou and Justin Spinney
PART I ORIGINS AND FOUNDATIONS
2 Travel behavior and travel behavior analysis 16
Konstadinos G. Goulias
3 Travel behaviour: theoretical foundations 30
Eric J. Miller
4 The state of travel behavior research: a bibliometric assessment of
transportation journals 55
Sung Hoo Kim and Patricia L. Mokhtarian
5 Integrated land use and transport models 80
Hanna F. Maoh and Khandker Nurul Habib
6 Travel behaviour change 99
Erel Avineri
PART II DATA AND ANALYSIS IN TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH
7 Modelling travel behaviour: a choice modelling perspective 118
Silvia F. Varotto, Rico Krueger and Michel Bierlaire
8 Demystifying experimental design processes for stated choice experiments 140
John Rose
9 Time use and activity-travel behavior analysis: recent developments and
emerging trends 161
Aupal Mondal, Katherine E. Asmussen, Chandra R. Bhat, Abdul Pinjari
and Ram Pendyala
10 Establishing causality using observational panel data: models and
applications 180
Maarten Kroesen and Sander van Cranenburgh
11 Data for travel behaviour research: recent advances, challenges and
opportunities in the era of smart cities 197
Sylvia Y. He, Sui Tao, Zhenzhen Wang and Shuli Luo
12 Exploiting social media to better understand travel behaviour and mobility 219
Siroos Shahriari, Alireza Abbasi and Taha Hossein Rashidi
13 Travel behaviour research in the age of machine learning: opportunities
and challenges 238
Arash Kalatian and Charisma Choudhury
PART III THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, TRAVEL MODES AND BEHAVIOUR
14 Access, the built environment, and behavior 256
David Levinson and Hao Wu
15 Modeling vehicle ownership in an era of technological changes 279
Cinzia Cirillo and Lavan T. Burra
16 Travel behaviour: is there a role for public transport? 303
John D. Nelson
17 Micromobility and shared mobility 320
Alexandros Nikitas
18 Behavioral and sociodemographic impacts of carsharing 339
Susan A. Shaheen and Alexandra Pan
19 Mobility as a Service, new technologies, service-based travel 364
David A. Hensher and Chinh Q. Ho
PART IV SOCIAL FACTORS, DISRUPTIONS AND CONTEXTS
20 Interactions between health and travel behaviour 389
Jennifer S. Mindell and Angela Curl
21 Travel behaviour of older people 412
Charles Musselwhite and Amy Murray
22 Travel behaviour and disruptions 435
Greg Marsden
23 Travel behavior and extreme events: cases of the Covid-19 pandemic
and transit disruption and their impacts on activity patterns 457
Mohammadjavad Javadinasr, Ehsan Rahimi and Abolfazl (Kouros)
Mohammadian
24 Travel behaviour in the developing world: challenges and opportunities 479
Agnivesh Pani, Hridya Geetha Muralidharan and Prasanta K. Sahu
25 Concluding summary and future directions for travel behaviour 505
Justin Spinney and Dimitris Potoglou
Index 513
Preface xi
1 Introduction to the Handbook of Travel Behaviour 1
Dimitris Potoglou and Justin Spinney
PART I ORIGINS AND FOUNDATIONS
2 Travel behavior and travel behavior analysis 16
Konstadinos G. Goulias
3 Travel behaviour: theoretical foundations 30
Eric J. Miller
4 The state of travel behavior research: a bibliometric assessment of
transportation journals 55
Sung Hoo Kim and Patricia L. Mokhtarian
5 Integrated land use and transport models 80
Hanna F. Maoh and Khandker Nurul Habib
6 Travel behaviour change 99
Erel Avineri
PART II DATA AND ANALYSIS IN TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH
7 Modelling travel behaviour: a choice modelling perspective 118
Silvia F. Varotto, Rico Krueger and Michel Bierlaire
8 Demystifying experimental design processes for stated choice experiments 140
John Rose
9 Time use and activity-travel behavior analysis: recent developments and
emerging trends 161
Aupal Mondal, Katherine E. Asmussen, Chandra R. Bhat, Abdul Pinjari
and Ram Pendyala
10 Establishing causality using observational panel data: models and
applications 180
Maarten Kroesen and Sander van Cranenburgh
11 Data for travel behaviour research: recent advances, challenges and
opportunities in the era of smart cities 197
Sylvia Y. He, Sui Tao, Zhenzhen Wang and Shuli Luo
12 Exploiting social media to better understand travel behaviour and mobility 219
Siroos Shahriari, Alireza Abbasi and Taha Hossein Rashidi
13 Travel behaviour research in the age of machine learning: opportunities
and challenges 238
Arash Kalatian and Charisma Choudhury
PART III THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, TRAVEL MODES AND BEHAVIOUR
14 Access, the built environment, and behavior 256
David Levinson and Hao Wu
15 Modeling vehicle ownership in an era of technological changes 279
Cinzia Cirillo and Lavan T. Burra
16 Travel behaviour: is there a role for public transport? 303
John D. Nelson
17 Micromobility and shared mobility 320
Alexandros Nikitas
18 Behavioral and sociodemographic impacts of carsharing 339
Susan A. Shaheen and Alexandra Pan
19 Mobility as a Service, new technologies, service-based travel 364
David A. Hensher and Chinh Q. Ho
PART IV SOCIAL FACTORS, DISRUPTIONS AND CONTEXTS
20 Interactions between health and travel behaviour 389
Jennifer S. Mindell and Angela Curl
21 Travel behaviour of older people 412
Charles Musselwhite and Amy Murray
22 Travel behaviour and disruptions 435
Greg Marsden
23 Travel behavior and extreme events: cases of the Covid-19 pandemic
and transit disruption and their impacts on activity patterns 457
Mohammadjavad Javadinasr, Ehsan Rahimi and Abolfazl (Kouros)
Mohammadian
24 Travel behaviour in the developing world: challenges and opportunities 479
Agnivesh Pani, Hridya Geetha Muralidharan and Prasanta K. Sahu
25 Concluding summary and future directions for travel behaviour 505
Justin Spinney and Dimitris Potoglou
Index 513