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A dataset containing information about students, staff, and faculty commuting to McMaster University. Data were collected by means of a travel survey in the fall of 2010. Respondents were asked about their mode of travel to McMaster University, in Hamilton, Canada. They were also asked about the modes available to them. The data set also contains relevant attributes about the respondents. The format of the table is wide, with each row representing an individual respondent. These variables were augmented with information from the 2011 Census of Canada and land use information from local sources.
data(mc_modality)
A data frame with 4,146 rows and 37 variables:
Unique identifier for respondents
Mode of transportation chosen: Active Travel (Cycle/Walk), HSR (local transit), Car, GO (regional transit)
Latitude of the place or residence, geocoded at the nearest major intersection or centroid of 6-digit postal area
Longitude of the place or residence, geocoded at the nearest major intersection or centroid of 6-digit postal area
Indicator variable for having individual access to a private car (i.e., car shared with other household members): Yes/No
Indicator variable for owning a bicycle: Yes/No
Woman/Man
Age in years
Indicator variable for status at McMaster: Staff or Faculty/Student
Indicator variable for being primary care giver for any minors in the household: Yes/No
Indicator variable for number of available modes: One Mode/Two Modes/Three Modes/Four Modes
Response to statement "Traveling is boring" as factor: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
Response to statement "The buses I usually travel in are comfortable" as factor: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
Response to statement "To improve the environment, I am willing to pay a little more to use a hybrid, electric or other clean fuel vehicle" as factor: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
Response to statement "I limit my auto travel to help improve congestion and the environment" as factor: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
Response to statement "I use my commute time productively" as factor: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
Response to statement "I feel safe and secure to cycle around town" as factor: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
Response to statement "Having shops and services within walking distance of my home is important to me" as factor: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
Response to statement "Usually, I'd rather have someone else do the driving" as factor: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
Response to statement "Getting stuck in traffic doesn't bother me too much" as factor: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
Response to statement "My commute trip is a useful transition between home and school" as factor: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
Response to statement "I like traveling alone" as factor: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
Response to statement "Traveling is generally tiring for me" as factor: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
Response to statement "Traveling is generally tiring for me" as factor: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree
Proportion of inmigrants to total population in Dissemination Area
Proportion of non-Canadian residents to total population in Dissemination Area
Proportion of residents in Dissemination Area who are in the labor force
Unemployment rate in Dissemination Area
Proportion of families headed by a married couple to total population in Dissemination Area
Mean age of residents in Dissemination Area in years
Mean number of children per family in Dissemination Area
Median family income in Dissemination Area in $10,000
Transit access index – combination of capacity, frequency, and coverage of service (Wiley et al., 2011)
Entropy-based land use mix index in Dissemination Area: lower values mean more homogenous land uses, higher values greater mix of uses
Network distance from place of residence to McMaster University in km
Population density in Dissemination Area in people/sq.km
Ratio of building footprint to parcel area in Dissemination Area: a measure of density of development
Lavery, T., P\'aez, A., & Kanaroglou, P.S. (2013). Driving out of choices: An investigation of transport modality in a university sample. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 57:37-46 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2013.09.010)
data(mc_modality) summary(mc_modality)
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