We study the effect of social comparisons on travel happiness and behavior. Social
comparisons arise from exchanges of information among individuals. We postulate that the …

The primary focus of transportation planning, until the past three decades or so, was to meet
long-term mobility needs by providing adequate transportation infrastructure supply. In such …

This paper aims to account for important factors influencing bicycle use and focuses in
particular on differences between 20 selected German municipalities with considerable …

The effect of social interactions on decision-making is a topic of current interest in the travel
behavior literature. These interactions have been investigated primarily from an intra …

While psychologists and behavioral economists emphasize the importance of social
influences, an outstanding issue is how to capture such influences in behavioral models …

The topic of social interaction, and its relationships to travel and transportation, is rapidly
gaining interest in the transportation community. Going beyond the study of intra-household …

Agent-based approaches to simulating long-term location and mobility decisions and short-
term activity and travel decisions of households and individuals are receiving increasing …

Purpose—This chapter reviews the key findings of the reported research in this volume
using the wider international literatures on transport and social exclusion as its conceptual …

Recent advances in discrete choice models have been driven by the growth in computer
power and use of simulation, which have allowed for unprecedented flexibility in model form …

Choice set formation, location and mode preferences, coordinated scheduling, alternative
utility valuations, and shared mobility resources are among the many activity-travel issues …