Print Email Facebook Twitter Understanding Travel Behavior through Travel Happiness Title Understanding Travel Behavior through Travel Happiness Author Mantouka, Eleni G. (National Technical University of Athens) Vlahogianni, Eleni I. (National Technical University of Athens) Papacharalampous, Alexandros E. (AETHON Engineering Consultants) Heydenrijk-Ottens, L.J.C. (TU Delft Transport and Planning) Shelat, S. (TU Delft Transport and Planning) Degeler, V. (TU Delft Transport and Planning) van Lint, J.W.C. (TU Delft Transport and Planning) Date 2019 Abstract The aim of this paper is to extend past research on travel behavior analysis by investigating travelers’ emotions and perceptions of the system’s performance. Perceived travel happiness as an extension of travel satisfaction is researched in the framework of the decision-making process during traveling. Socio-demographic, cognitive, and affective data were collected from a questionnaire survey that took place in Athens (Greece), the Netherlands, and Barcelona and Salamanca (Spain). A Bayesian network was developed to investigate the interrelations between travel happiness and parameters that affect travel behavior. Findings revealed that travel mode choice directly affects the level of happiness that a person experiences during everyday trips. Moreover, travel happiness is directly associated with the traveler’s perception of the occurrence of disruptions during everyday trips and the level of tolerance he/she has toward such disruptions. Results also indicated that further research should focus on understanding how the topology and performance of each country’s system affect travel-related choices. Finally, a discussion of the most significant results is provided. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7452b5eb-aac3-42c1-b5af-5032a618d079 DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198119836761 Embargo date 2019-09-24 ISSN 0361-1981 Source Transportation Research Record, 2673 (4), 889-897 Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2019 Eleni G. Mantouka, Eleni I. Vlahogianni, Alexandros E. Papacharalampous, L.J.C. Heydenrijk-Ottens, S. Shelat, V. Degeler, J.W.C. van Lint Files PDF 0361198119836761.pdf 1.34 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:7452b5eb-aac3-42c1-b5af-5032a618d079/datastream/OBJ/view