Title: Influences of socio-demographic and economic factors on road commuting behaviours

Authors: Nelvin XeChung Leow; Jayaraman Krishnaswamy

Addresses: School of Management and Marketing, Taylor's Business School, Taylor's University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia ' Amrita School of Business, Amrita University, Coimbatore, India

Abstract: The present study investigates the characteristics of drivers who commute using conventional vehicles on urban roads when the talk of the town is environmental protection. Further, a nonlinear canonical correlation analysis is applied to determine the set of correlated socio-demographic and economic factors which affect behavioural changes while commuting on urban roads. Out of 385 respondents, 167 (43.4%) are habituated to follow ancestors' way of driving due to privacy, comfort, and convenience. The survey respondents cautioned the careless and self-enjoyable urban road commuters and suggested a proper penalty from the travel board authorities. The present study adopts a newer quantitative approach of research methodology different from the usual regression analysis and this approach is an eye-opener to the body of knowledge.

Keywords: urban travel behaviour; habit; mental block; nonlinear canonical correlation; Malaysia.

DOI: 10.1504/IER.2023.134976

Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 2023 Vol.23 No.2, pp.146 - 157

Received: 01 Jan 2023
Accepted: 02 Apr 2023
Published online: 22 Nov 2023 *

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