TY - JOUR
T1 - Residential relocation and travel satisfaction change
T2 - An empirical study in Beijing, China
AU - Wang, Fenglong
AU - Mao, Zidan
AU - Wang, Donggen
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by two General Research Fund (GRF) grants from the Hong Kong Research Grant Council (HKBU 12656716 and HKBU 12606215); and two grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41971210 and No. 41601144). We thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments on earlier drafts of this paper.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by two General Research Fund (GRF) grants from the Hong Kong Research Grant Council ( HKBU 12656716 and HKBU 12606215 ); and two grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41971210 and No. 41601144 ). We thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments on earlier drafts of this paper.
PY - 2020/5
Y1 - 2020/5
N2 - Despite increasing interests in travel-related subjective well-being in transport research, few studies have explored the effects of residential environment on travel satisfaction, especially how travel satisfaction may change after residential relocation. This study investigates whether and how residential relocation leads to changes in travel satisfaction. Using a two-wave questionnaire survey conducted from 2011 to 2013 in Beijing, we compare home movers’ travel satisfaction before and after residential relocation, and further examine how changes in the built environment and that in travel behavior lead to changes in travel satisfaction, taking into consideration the travel-related motivation for home relocation. We find that almost 70% movers reported improvement in travel satisfaction after relocation, suggesting that residential relocation may serve as an opportunity to enhance travel satisfaction; improved neighborhood environments explain increases in travel satisfaction: higher accessibility to facilities, better physical design, enhanced safety and more interactions between neighbors contribute to improved travel satisfaction. On the other hand, increased travel time by transit reduces travel satisfaction. We also find out that relocation motivated by travel-related reasons did not lead to a significant improvement in travel satisfaction. This study contributes to the literature by appreciating the role of neighborhood environment in improving travel experiences.
AB - Despite increasing interests in travel-related subjective well-being in transport research, few studies have explored the effects of residential environment on travel satisfaction, especially how travel satisfaction may change after residential relocation. This study investigates whether and how residential relocation leads to changes in travel satisfaction. Using a two-wave questionnaire survey conducted from 2011 to 2013 in Beijing, we compare home movers’ travel satisfaction before and after residential relocation, and further examine how changes in the built environment and that in travel behavior lead to changes in travel satisfaction, taking into consideration the travel-related motivation for home relocation. We find that almost 70% movers reported improvement in travel satisfaction after relocation, suggesting that residential relocation may serve as an opportunity to enhance travel satisfaction; improved neighborhood environments explain increases in travel satisfaction: higher accessibility to facilities, better physical design, enhanced safety and more interactions between neighbors contribute to improved travel satisfaction. On the other hand, increased travel time by transit reduces travel satisfaction. We also find out that relocation motivated by travel-related reasons did not lead to a significant improvement in travel satisfaction. This study contributes to the literature by appreciating the role of neighborhood environment in improving travel experiences.
KW - Built environment
KW - Longitudinal study
KW - Residential relocation
KW - Travel behavior
KW - Travel satisfaction change
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tra.2020.03.016
DO - 10.1016/j.tra.2020.03.016
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85082822993
SN - 0965-8564
VL - 135
SP - 341
EP - 353
JO - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
JF - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
ER -