Alternative transportation options, well-being & livable communities.

Details

• Creators:
  Coughlin, Joseph F.
• Corporate Creators:
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Alternatives Analysis Communities Level Of Service Quality Of Life Rural Areas Surveys Urban Areas
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MITR23-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  New England University Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  Transportation is critical to everyday activities and is also the underpinning of wellbeing. Well-being—often related to happiness—can be defined in many ways and while
  
  ‘happiness’ is often considered an important element of well-being, it is only one. This
  
  research examined subjective well-being or SWB in several dimensions: physical wellbeing, emotional well-being, access to services, work environment, life evaluation and
  
  healthy behaviors. How does transportation and selected community design elements
  
  affect well-being, especially among disadvantaged populations such as the elderly. This
  
  project queried the Gallup-Healthways Well-being Index, a survey of 1000 Americans
  
  everyday over an ongoing 25 year period, to identify the possible impact of
  
  transportation and community on SWB, e.g., walkability, access to parks, public
  
  transportation options, etc. Several questions were addressed:
  
  • How does transportation and area type-related variables impact SWB? For
  
  example, does your commute time affect SWB?
  
  • Do high alternative transportation service levels improve SWB?
  
  • Does where you live, e.g. city, rural or area type affect SWB?
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5376f4f9026d19dc0ab5caa4810b789a476941d3f3376fc52a4ec4ad469fe46b
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26607/dot_26607_DS1.pdf
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