Travelers’ attitude towards carpooling in Islamabad

Abstract Islamabad, being the capital of Pakistan, is attracting every business. Thus, the city is growing towards traffic congestion as the city’s car ownership rate is rapidly growing. In such a situation, for successful implementation, the policymakers need to understand the public acceptance of...

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Autores principales:	Altaf Ayaz, Abdul Waheed, Hamza Saleem, Malik Muneeb Abid
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Publicado:	SpringerOpen 2021
Materias:	Exploratory factor analysis Questionnaire survey Data validation Structural equation model Sample size Carpooling Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TA1-2040
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:395363e2fd1c40f8a3b8f5a9b7d022222021-11-14T12:16:19ZTravelers’ attitude towards carpooling in Islamabad10.1186/s44147-021-00023-x1110-19032536-9512https://doaj.org/article/395363e2fd1c40f8a3b8f5a9b7d022222021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s44147-021-00023-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/1110-1903https://doaj.org/toc/2536-9512Abstract Islamabad, being the capital of Pakistan, is attracting every business. Thus, the city is growing towards traffic congestion as the city’s car ownership rate is rapidly growing. In such a situation, for successful implementation, the policymakers need to understand the public acceptance of carpooling services based on its key motives and constraints. This research explores the key motives and constraints to the introduction scenarios of carpooling service in Islamabad. A stated preference questionnaire survey was conducted via Google Form comprising several parts relating to carpooling. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were processed, and a structural model was developed. Females (both single and married) were less orientated to carpool with males and married males with females. Unknown carpooling partners negatively influenced the factor of intention to shift to carpooling service. Our study provides policymakers and transport planners with an appropriate forecasting model of significant factors. In addition, it provides suggestions to transport planners to design promotional tools to enhance the tendency of carpooling among private car users in favor of reducing traffic congestion and increased car ownership rate in the city.Altaf AyazAbdul WaheedHamza SaleemMalik Muneeb AbidSpringerOpenarticleExploratory factor analysisQuestionnaire surveyData validationStructural equation modelSample sizeCarpoolingEngineering (General). Civil engineering (General)TA1-2040ENJournal of Engineering and Applied Science, Vol 68, Iss 1, Pp 1-24 (2021)
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topic	Exploratory factor analysis Questionnaire survey Data validation Structural equation model Sample size Carpooling Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TA1-2040
spellingShingle	Exploratory factor analysis Questionnaire survey Data validation Structural equation model Sample size Carpooling Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TA1-2040 Altaf Ayaz Abdul Waheed Hamza Saleem Malik Muneeb Abid Travelers’ attitude towards carpooling in Islamabad
description	Abstract Islamabad, being the capital of Pakistan, is attracting every business. Thus, the city is growing towards traffic congestion as the city’s car ownership rate is rapidly growing. In such a situation, for successful implementation, the policymakers need to understand the public acceptance of carpooling services based on its key motives and constraints. This research explores the key motives and constraints to the introduction scenarios of carpooling service in Islamabad. A stated preference questionnaire survey was conducted via Google Form comprising several parts relating to carpooling. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were processed, and a structural model was developed. Females (both single and married) were less orientated to carpool with males and married males with females. Unknown carpooling partners negatively influenced the factor of intention to shift to carpooling service. Our study provides policymakers and transport planners with an appropriate forecasting model of significant factors. In addition, it provides suggestions to transport planners to design promotional tools to enhance the tendency of carpooling among private car users in favor of reducing traffic congestion and increased car ownership rate in the city.
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title	Travelers’ attitude towards carpooling in Islamabad
title_short	Travelers’ attitude towards carpooling in Islamabad
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Travelers’ attitude towards carpooling in Islamabad

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