Modal talk: Discourse analysis of how people talk about bus and car travel [An article from: Transportation Research Part A]
Modal talk: Discourse analysis of how people talk about bus and car travel [An article from: Transportation Research Part A]
This digital document is a journal article from Transportation Research Part A, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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This paper presents the findings of discourse analysis of the transcripts of ten focus groups discussing bus and car travel. It finds that the modes are talked about in different ways: bus travel being referred to as a series of episodes mostly focussing on worst-case scenarios while car travel is represented as a more consistent commodity. Both modes exhibit different characteristics depending on whether the speaker is talking as a user or an observer. Buses are seen as benign from outside, beneficial to the area and potential congestion-busters but as vulnerable spaces for users. Nothing good was said about cars from outside, but they provided protective spaces supplying flexible travel and allowing social commitments to be met by users. This paper discusses how the insights gained could help improve the perception of bus travel and contribute to more sustainable travel choices.
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Reducing family car-use by providing travel advice or requesting behavioral plans: An experimental analysis of travel feedback programs [An article from: Transportation Research Part D]
This digital document is a journal article from Transportation Research Part D, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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A field experiment was conducted to look at the effectiveness of a travel feedback program aimed at reducing family car-use. The experiment focused on a travel feedback program that urged participants to make behavioral plans, and compared it to a program that provided individualized information. The results are used to discuss the psychological process of behavioral modification, theoretically effective interventions, and policy implications for implementing effective travel feedback programs.
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Read MoreConsumer Reports Best Travel Deals 1997: How to Get Big Discounts on Airfares, Hotels, Car Rentals, and More (Serial)
Consumer Reports Best Travel Deals 1997: How to Get Big Discounts on Airfares, Hotels, Car Rentals, and More (Serial)
Providing advice to readers looking for a good travel bargain, a thorough guide answers questions about frequent-flyer programs, rental car company tactics, how to get the cheapest hotel and airfare rates, plus a list of the ten best and worse travel deals. Original.
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Read MoreBuilt Environment and Car Travel: Analyses of Interdependencies (Sustainable Urban Areas)
Built Environment and Car Travel: Analyses of Interdependencies (Sustainable Urban Areas)
An academic and policy debate has been running in recent decades on whether and to what extent travel behavior is influenced by the built environment. This dissertation addresses the influence on daily travel distance, chaining behavior, car ownership and car commuting. As cars are the dominant mode of transport, car travel received most attention. The analyses were based on a comprehensive dataset collected in the North Wing of the Randstad in the Netherlands. The study findings indicate that a more compact urban structure reduces car use. However, the effects are small. One important lesson is that behavioral mechanisms are never simple but invariably elicit compensation. The challenge facing planners is to design cities and neighborhoods that make it easier to drive less and that are attractive to live in.
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Read MoreCar, Travel & Entertainment and Home Office Deductions, 2005-2006
Car, Travel & Entertainment and Home Office Deductions, 2005-2006
Almost all business taxpayers, from the small sole proprietorship to the largest international corporation, incur business expenses for cars and travel and entertainment. In addition, in this era of long work hours and home-based entrepreneurs, it is estimated that more than 22 million people do some job-related work in their homes. Cars, travel and entertainment, and home office expenses are common business tax deductions. Yet, because of the complex nature of the Internal Revenue Code and ever-changing IRS regulations and rulings, taxpayers have to go to uncommon lengths to determine their maximum allowable deductions. What is a correct deduction one year may be incorrect the next year due to changes in the law or changes in how the law is interpreted. CCH’s Car, Travel & Entertainment and Home Office Deductions guides the user through the ins and outs of maximizing deductions for these common business expenses. In addition to detailed, clear explanations and practical examples of how the tax law is applied, this publication supplies the user with the following helpful and necessary information: * Depreciation tables for electric and conventionally powered cars
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