Travel behaviour of seniors in Eastern Europe: a comparative study of Brno and Bratislava

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12544-018-0286-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12544-018-0286-8</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Travel behaviour of seniors in Eastern Europe: a comparative study of Brno and Bratislava

Original language description

Purpose Although seniors represent a sizable group of a population with distinctive travelling needs, we lack knowledge about their travel behaviour related to usage of public transport in the context of Eastern Europe. This study aims to describe patterns of travel behaviour of senior citizens in two cities with similar size and key mobility characteristics – Brno (Czech Republic) and Bratislava (Slovakia). Methods The data was collected via travel behaviour survey. The final sample from Bratislava consisted of 1961 seniors of the age of 70 and older who accounted for 3343 trips. The final sample in Brno contained 63 seniors of the age of 70 years and older who conducted 151 trips. Results On average, inhabitants of Bratislava older than 70 years conducted 1.7 trips per day, whereas it was 1.5 trips per day in Brno. The seniors from Bratislava averagely spent 40 min on their trips per day and single trip usually took 24 min to them. In comparison, senior citizens from Brno mostly needed 28 min per single trip, albeit their daily travel took almost the same time (41 min). When it comes to mode choice, while seniors from Bratislava prefer walking the most (44%), their counterparts from Brno predominantly chose public transport (57%). Conclusion In summary, seniors from Brno aged 70 years and over use public transport significantly more than their counterparts from Bratislava. As a result, public transport allows them to travel further, which in turn gives them more opportunities to satisfy their needs.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20103 - Architecture engineering

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European Transport Research Review

ISSN

1867-0717

e-ISSN

1866-8887

Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

16

UT code for WoS article

000430061500015

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85042411249