Towards a better understanding of the determinants and satisfaction of travel among different groups in major Canadian Cities.

更好地了解加拿大主要城市不同群体旅行的决定因素和满意度。

• 批准号: RGPIN-2018-04501
• 负责人: ElGeneidy, Ahmed
• 金额: $ 3.79万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=712662
• 关键词: Towards; better; understanding; determinants; satisfaction; Towards; better; understanding; determinants; satisfaction

In a fast-changing world, understanding, measuring, and modelling the determinants and benefits of active transport (public transport, cycling and walking) is one of the biggest challenges faced by practitioners. The long-term goal of my program is to continue to generate valuable research that will support the uptake of sustainable transport modes to increase the quality of life of individuals. Our previous research has been adopted by many transport agencies in Canada (Metrolinx - Toronto, Société de Transport de Montréal (STM)- Montreal, Translink - Vancouver) and abroad by the Brookings Institution (Washington, DC) and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy: ITDP. My new NSERC-discovery program builds on my previous record of generating ready-to-implement research, it includes 5 projects that will support and train students with the goal of making them competitive in a fast-changing job market. The first project consists of developing accessibility measures for active transport modes to better model land use and transport interactions, and their effect on mode choice. The second project assesses the impacts of improvements in STM's public transport operations, namely electric buses and next arrival system on public transport operations and customer satisfaction. The third project geographically assesses trip satisfaction among active transport users while controlling for personal attitudes and habits to achieve higher ridership retention. The fourth project seeks to better understand the behavior and motivations of car users to develop and recommend strategies for transit agencies to attract them and gain a bigger market share. It will also seek to understand the factors that motivate transit users to stop using transit. The fifth project aims to identify biases in travel survey, to better model travel behavior. The proposed research program is expected to have various impacts in the transport field. Firstly, by annually funding three PhD and two masters' students, it will strengthen my efforts towards training highly qualified personal, by providing adequate funding for them so they can concentrate on learning and research. Such approach has been successful with my former students, as it helped them in securing jobs at various transport firms across Canada or even start their own transport firm after graduation. Secondly, this research agenda attempts to answer several research questions that are not only important for transport researchers, but are of utmost importance to practitioners in Canada (Engineers and Planners) as they are striving to provide better transport systems to Canadians. Similar to my previous NSERC program, we will be disseminating the results to local, national, and international groups through conferences and workshops, as well as through making all of our research open and accessible on our website, without violating any copy rights.

在一个快速变化的世界中，理解，测量和建模主动运输的决定者和好处（公共交通，骑自行车和步行）是从业者面临的最大挑战之一。我计划的长期目标是继续进行宝贵的研究，以支持可持续运输模式的吸收以提高个人的生活质量。我们先前的研究已被加拿大的许多运输机构（Metrolinx -Metrolinx，多伦多，SociétédeMontréal（STM） - 蒙特利尔，Translink -Vancouver -Wancouver）和国外由Brookings Institute（Washington，DC）和国外的国内外采用。我的新NSERC发现计划是基于我以前的生成现成研究的记录，其中包括5个项目，这些项目将支持和培训学生，以使他们在快速变化的就业市场中具有竞争力。第一个项目包括制定主动运输模式的可访问性措施，以更好地建模土地使用和运输互动及其对模式选择的影响。第二个项目评估了STM公共交通运营改善的影响，即电动巴士和下一个到达系统对公共交通运营和客户满意度的影响。第三个项目在地理上评估了活跃的运输用户的旅行满意度，同时控制个人与会者和习惯以实现第四个项目，旨在更好地了解汽车用户的行为和动机，以制定和推荐过境机构的策略，以吸引他们并获得更大的市场份额。它还将寻求了解融合过公交用户停止使用过境的因素。第五个项目旨在确定旅行调查中的偏见，以更好地建模旅行行为。拟议的研究计划有望在运输领域产生各种影响。首先，通过每年为三位博士学位和两名硕士学生提供资金，它将通过为他们提供足够的资金来加强我为培训高素质个人的努力，以便他们可以专注于学习和研究。这种方法与我以前的学生有关，因为它帮助他们在加拿大的各个运输公司获得工作，甚至在毕业后创办了自己的运输公司。其次，该研究议程试图回答几个研究问题，这些问题不仅对运输研究人员很重要，而且对于加拿大（工程师和计划者）的从业人员来说至关重要，因为他们正在努力为加拿大人提供更好的运输系统。与我以前的NSERC计划类似，我们将通过会议和研讨会以及通过使我们的所有研究在我们的网站上开放和访问，而不会侵犯任何副本权利，将结果传播给本地，国家和国际团体。