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Traffic now, transit later
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Traffic now, transit later
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understanding current and future travel behavior of residents in active-adult communities
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ETD_3112
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http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10001600001.ETD.000057659
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eng
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theses
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Planning and Public Policy
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Retirement communities--New Jersey
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Older people--Travel--New Jersey
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Travel
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This dissertation examines older-adult travel behavior in suburban age-restricted communities in Central NJ. The confluence of three precepts – gerontology, location, and tenets of travel behavior, referred to as a 3-ring framework – is examined with theoretical guidance from the competence-press model. To support the thesis that travel behavior of residents in new active-adult communities will eventually resemble travel behavior of residents in older, long-established retirement communities, four hypotheses are examined, viz. 1) For older adults, length of time with a medical condition will have a significant and negative relationship with daily count of trips; 2) Given the 3-ring framework and a suburban setting, there will be significant differences in travel behavior between older adult residents in active-adult and mixed-age communities; 3) Among active-adult residents, vehicular trip-rate will be higher for older adults 55-74 than for older adults 75 and above; 4) Residents in active-adult communities will age in place. Data sources include: 1) National Household Transportation Survey 2001; 2) New non-probability Travel Behavior Survey, Central NJ; 3) North Jersey Regional Travel Household Interview Survey; 4) 1990 and 2000 Census data. This dissertation utilizes a number of statistical methods including linear regression, count data models, the Tobit model, and comparative analyses. Findings include: 1) For older adults, length of time with a medical condition is negatively related to count of trips; age negatively, nonlinearly related to count of trips; Tobit model useful given proliferation of zeros in the data. 2) For older adults in age-restricted versus mixed-age communities, self-rated health similar but future outlook more optimistic; greater expectation of living at same address in the future; greater satisfaction navigating community; Certainty Principle proposed. 3) For younger versus older residents in suburban age-restricted communities, vehicular trip rate higher; neither rate reflects ITE. 4) Active-adult residents age in place. Implications include: 1) Understanding the previously unknown housing direction of active-adult residents; 2) Reexamination of the plan review process for proposed active-adult development projects; 3) Awareness of the Tobit model for estimating total trips for older adults; and 4) Consideration of health and age-restricted housing questions for inclusion on travel surveys.
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xiv, 313 p. : ill., map
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Ph.D.
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by Sharon Pinnelas
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Radha
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Listokin
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Robert
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Rutgers University
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2011
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ETD doctoral
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2011-01-05 17:00:54
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after January 30th, 2013.
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