Mobility Styles and Affinity for Public Transport Services in Romanian Urban Areas

Abstract

Attitudes and perceptions expressed by respondents in questionnaire surveys play an important role in creating informed policy decisions. Under a complex environment policy, within the European Union, that is aimed at tackling urban mobility challenges, member states such as Romania have recently been transposing and assimilating Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans into urban development regulations. The legacy of business-as-usual approaches are still dominating urban transport interventions, mainly addressing level-of-service for private motorized transport, while measures dedicated to public and active transport are either lacking consistency or are being delayed for years. With shallow and hastened public consultation procedures, and little consideration for the role of attitudes and perceptions in urban transport quality assessment, this paper aims at providing local administrations with exploratory tools to understand and segment the mobility styles of their citizens. The data used in this article is based on a research-based mobility survey in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and the results will help decision-makers understand travel behavior and provide them with alternative information in shaping urban transport policy decisions.