Preliminary report: Understanding preferences and attitudes among university students in choosing a transportation mode

Reporte preliminar: Entendiendo las preferencias y actitudes al escoger el medio de transporte en estudiantes universitarios

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Carlos A. Mariño Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Perú
Abstract
Transportation plays an important role in a society and understanding the travel behavior is crucial in order to provide a framework to planners and policymaker to shift toward more sustainable transportation mode. Capturing this behavior in university students have been the focus of attention in the past years. Developing countries has specific characteristics such rapid in traffic congestion, sprawl urban development, safety concerns and a high degree of informal transportation. This study was done in Lima, capital of Peru, and a survey was performed for freshmen and senior students at the San Ignacio de Loyola University. Factors relevant considered were time to commute, transportation mode awareness, safety and security. The findings clearly show the students’ preferences of the different modes clearly and provide insights regerding of transportation infrastructure needs, and potential possibilities to shift toward more sustainable modes.
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Author Biography / See

Carlos A. Mariño, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Perú

Doctorando en Industrial and Systems Engineering, Bagley College of Engineering en Mississippi State University (EE.UU.); MSc. Engineering Management, California State University East Bay (EE.UU.), candidato a máster in Transportation and Logistics Management concentración in Reverse Logistics, magíster en Administración por la Universidad del Pacifico, ingeniero industrial por la Universidad de Lima y licenciado como Professional Engineer (PE) en el estado de California, EE.UU. Actualmente se desempeña como director de la Carrera de Ingeniería Logística y de Transporte en la USIL.
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