Choice of driving versus walking related to cognitive distance

• Driving a private automobile is frequently chosen at distances that are within walking distance. Followed by a review of previous research on driving choice as well as related research on spatial cognition, this chapter focuses on the role played by cognitive distance for choices between driving and walking, The results of an internet survey are presented showing that choices of driving over walking increases with objective distance according to a concave power function similar to the way cognitive distance is related to objective distance. Suggestions are made for how urban planning supported by information technology may suppress driving at short distances

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Psychology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Travel choice

spatial cognition

cognitive distance

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