TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing the relative importance of factors influencing travel happiness
AU - Chen, Shuyan
AU - Fan, Yingling
AU - Cao, Yang
AU - Khattak, Aemal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - Travel happiness represents positive user experiences of transportation services and has a significant impact on people's overall happiness. Increasingly, studies have identified factors associated with travel happiness, which help identify strategies to improve transportation user experiences and identify innovative solutions for improving public health. Using data from the 2013 American Time Use Survey, we combined optimal scale regression, factor analysis, and analytic hierarchy process to assess the relative importance of various trip and personal factors influencing happiness during trips. We found that the degree of rest and whether the trip maker interacted with others during a trip were the most important factors affecting happiness during the trip. Transportation planners in the U.S. are recommended to invest in rest areas and transit shelters, identify strategies that can prevent people from travelling while fatigued, and provide opportunities for transportation users to interact with others while ensuring safety.
AB - Travel happiness represents positive user experiences of transportation services and has a significant impact on people's overall happiness. Increasingly, studies have identified factors associated with travel happiness, which help identify strategies to improve transportation user experiences and identify innovative solutions for improving public health. Using data from the 2013 American Time Use Survey, we combined optimal scale regression, factor analysis, and analytic hierarchy process to assess the relative importance of various trip and personal factors influencing happiness during trips. We found that the degree of rest and whether the trip maker interacted with others during a trip were the most important factors affecting happiness during the trip. Transportation planners in the U.S. are recommended to invest in rest areas and transit shelters, identify strategies that can prevent people from travelling while fatigued, and provide opportunities for transportation users to interact with others while ensuring safety.
KW - Analytic hierarchy process
KW - Factor analysis
KW - Travel emotional experience
KW - Weight
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tbs.2019.01.002
DO - 10.1016/j.tbs.2019.01.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85059746291
SN - 2214-367X
VL - 16
SP - 185
EP - 191
JO - Travel Behaviour and Society
JF - Travel Behaviour and Society
ER -