Longitudinal analysis of changes in the behavior and attitudes of college undergraduates toward public transportation
Subtitle: first and second wave findings
By: David Ripplinger, Jill Hough, Natalie Easterday.
Contributors: Hough, Jill A.; Easterday, Natalie.; Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute.; United States. Federal Transit Administration.
Series: UGPTI department publication -- no. 206; UGPTI publication -- no. 206.
Publisher: North Dakota State University, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Fargo, N.D
Language: eng
Number of pages: 63
Subjects: North Dakota State University -- Students -- Transportation; North Dakota State University -- Students -- Attitudes; College students -- Transportation -- North Dakota -- Fargo; College students -- North Dakota -- Fargo -- Attitudes; Local transit -- North Dakota -- Fargo -- Planning; Choice of transportation -- North Dakota -- Fargo -- Public opinion
Description: Understanding the attitudes and perceptions of a community's members towards public transportation is valuable when designing and delivering service. In this paper, the design and descriptive statistics for the first two waves of a longitudinal study of students enrolled at North Dakota State University are presented... Analysis of first-year data using a binary probit model finds that vehicle access, on-campus residence, prior transit use when traveling, and use of transit by family and friends significantly influence ridership behavior. Ridership by members of the survey cohort increased from 33% during their freshman year to 45% during their sophomore year.
Notes: "October 2008."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 63).

Research sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration, United States Department of Transportation.