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Making plans or “just thinking about the trip”? Understanding people’s travel planning in practice

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ICT solutions have been proposed as a means for changing environmentally unfavourable traffic behaviour by providing better, real-time and more accessible travel information. However, prevailing models of travel choice and travel behaviour tend to overemphasise the impact and importance of information and the individualistic perspective. The issue of choice and travel planning in everyday life situations, and how information is used and acted on in these processes, was examined in a qualitative study in Stockholm, Sweden. Practice Theory was used as the theoretical framework for the study. Interviews were supplemented with an explorative diary and photo assignment to bring unreflected choices and actions of planning travel to the conscious level.

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  • Nyblom, Åsa, 2014. "Making plans or “just thinking about the trip”? Understanding people’s travel planning in practice," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 30-39.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jotrge:v:35:y:2014:i:c:p:30-39
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.01.003
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