Characteristics of Everyday Leisure Trips by Car in Sweden : Implications for Sustainability Measures
(2022) In Promet - Traffic - Traffico 34(4). p.657-672- Abstract
In search for measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport, insights into the characteristics of all sorts of trips and specifically trips by car are needed. This paper focuses on everyday leisure trips for social and recreational purposes. Travel behaviour for these purposes is analysed considering individual and household factors as well as properties of the trip, based on Swedish national travel survey data. The analysis reveals that everyday leisure trips are often of joint character and that the average distance travelled per person and day increases with, for example, income, cohabitation, children in the household and residence in rural areas. The result also shows that the studied characteristics vary between... (More)
In search for measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport, insights into the characteristics of all sorts of trips and specifically trips by car are needed. This paper focuses on everyday leisure trips for social and recreational purposes. Travel behaviour for these purposes is analysed considering individual and household factors as well as properties of the trip, based on Swedish national travel survey data. The analysis reveals that everyday leisure trips are often of joint character and that the average distance travelled per person and day increases with, for example, income, cohabitation, children in the household and residence in rural areas. The result also shows that the studied characteristics vary between studied trip purposes, influencing the sustainability potential of a reduction in car use and suggested measures. For instance, the largest share of passenger mileage comes from social trips, whereas trips for exercise and outdoor life have the largest share of car trips below 5 km. Several characteristics indicate difficulties in transferring trips by car to, for example, bicycle or public transport due to convenience, economy, start times, company etc. The study indicates that there is a need to take a broader view of the effective potential.
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- author
- Strömblad, Emma LU ; Hiselius, Lena Winslott LU ; Rosqvist, Lena Smidfelt LU and Svensson, Helena LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022-07-05
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- car mileage, climate change, leisure travel, passenger transport, travel behaviour
- in
- Promet - Traffic - Traffico
- volume
- 34
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 16 pages
- publisher
- Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences at the University of Zagreb
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- scopus:85138220370
- ISSN
- 0353-5320
- DOI
- 10.7307/PTT.V34I4.4039
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 3cb8c89d-5de3-45cc-b916-dfeefec83cd1
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- 2022-12-02 11:51:10
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title = {{Characteristics of Everyday Leisure Trips by Car in Sweden : Implications for Sustainability Measures}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.7307/PTT.V34I4.4039}},
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