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Modal Choice and Representations of Transport Modes

Masse, Florian  
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Carpentier-Postel, Samuel
Buhler, Thomas
January 1, 2025
The Mobile Individual: Mobile Life, Longer‐term Approaches and Subjectivities

This chapter presents in a synthetic way the major stages of development of modal choice analysis, moving from the earliest approaches towards the most recent. From the end of the 1960s onwards, a current of thought emerged at the interface of behavioral geography and environmental psychology, based on the analysis of spatial behaviors and especially mobility behaviors. An approach to modal choice that integrates social representations of modes of transport assumes, initially, the implementation of survey protocols that go beyond traditional questionnaires such as the household travel surveys, which are mainly focused on uses and habits. The chapter illustrates some recent developments which use textual analysis to capture opinions about modes of transport and their impact on modal choice through the specific case of leisure mobility. Regarding the question of lifestyles, many indicators show high levels of influence on the modal choice, starting with choices relating to spatial mobility.

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book part or chapter
DOI
10.1002/9781394423644.ch7
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-105032046446

Author(s)
Masse, Florian  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Carpentier-Postel, Samuel

Théoriser et Modéliser pour Aménager

Editors
Buhler, Thomas
Date Issued

2025-01-01

Publisher

ISTE Ltd

Publisher place

London

Published in
The Mobile Individual: Mobile Life, Longer‐term Approaches and Subjectivities
DOI of the book
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394423644
ISBN of the book

9781394423644

9781789452273

Start page

143

End page

165

Subjects

behavioral geography

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environmental psychology

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leisure mobility

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mobility behaviors

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modal choice analysis

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spatial mobility

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transport mode

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REVIEWED

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Available on Infoscience
March 17, 2026
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/261685
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