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Travel blending: an Australian travel awareness initiative
Institution:1. Department of Chemistry, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308, United States;2. Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201, United States;3. Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany — SUNY, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201, United States
Abstract:This paper outlines a new approach to reducing car use in order to address environmental concerns. The individual action program, known as Travel Blending®, involves participating households being sent a series of four kits, containing information booklets and travel diaries, over a nine-week period. The travel diaries are analysed and a summary of the household’s travel patterns, and the emissions produced by their vehicles, is sent back in a subsequent kit along with suggestions explaining how they could reduce vehicle use. Households complete another set of travel diaries after four weeks and these are analysed so that a comparative summary can be returned to the household with the final kit. The paper describes results from two Australian studies. The first, a pilot study, involving about 50 individuals, was undertaken in Sydney, Australia. The second study involved about 100 households from Adelaide, Australia. Quantitative results from the Adelaide study indicate about a 10% reduction in car driver kilometres with a slightly higher percentage reductions in car driver trips and total hours spent in the car. These results, while very encouraging, must be interpreted cautiously. Further research will be required to explore the generalisability and magnitude of the effect of the Travel Blending® Program on travel behaviour.
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