Habitual, safety and security factors related to mode use on two types of travels among urban Norwegians

Safety Science

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 151-159

  Nordfjærn, Trond ^a,d   Lind, Hans Brende ^b   Öimşekoğlu, Özlem ^c   Jørgensen, Stig Halvard ^a,b   Lund, Ingunn Olea ^d   Rundmo, Torbjørn ^a,b  

^a NTNU SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Turkey)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Car use; Habit; Risk mitigation; Risk perception; Worry

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILES; MOBILE SECURITY; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PROBABILITY; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

CAR USE; HABIT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; RISK MITIGATION; SAFETY AND SECURITIES; TWO-CLUSTER SOLUTION; WORRY;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CAR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; NORWEGIAN (PEOPLE); PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84925130145     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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