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Abstract
Travel behavior of the present generation of youths is being increasingly explored due to their relevance in shaping future accessibility needs and mobility habits. The present study offers an original perspective on this topic by identifying territorial disparities that emerge in youth mobility patterns in rural and urban areas. Unlike most previous research, we propose taking a global view on mobility by analyzing all trip purposes and transportation modes. This is conducted by analyzing a comprehensive mobility survey in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region, which provides data on mobility engagement, trip purposes, modal split, travel times and territorial differences. In general, youngsters account for larger daily travel times than older adults, present a higher attachment to public transportation and walk less on a daily basis. These differences are enhanced in rural territories, where while older adults overcome accessibility issues with higher use of the private vehicle, youngsters are more likely to invest larger travel times on transit.
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The research presented in this paper has been possible thanks to financial support received from a FPU grant (Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Gobierno de España) and from the Project CSO2016‐74904‐R (Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Gobierno de España). The authors would like to thank Dr. Matt Copley for his professional proofreading services and for his editing suggestions.
The research presented in this paper has been possible thanks to financial support received from a FPU grant (Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Gobierno de España) and from the Project CSO2016‐74904‐R (Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Gobierno de España). The authors would like to thank Dr. Matt Copley for his professional proofreading services and for his editing suggestions.
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The research presented in this paper has been possible thanks to financial support received from a FPU grant (Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Gobierno de España) and from the Project CSO2016‐74904‐R (Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Gobierno de España). The authors would like to thank Dr. Matt Copley for his professional proofreading services and for his editing suggestions.
1. Active transportation includes walking trips and also trips made by cycling, yet the latter only constitute a total 1.2 percent of the total modal split in the BMR.
2. Transportation modes are assigned in the survey as the main mode used for each trip, prioritising motorised means over non‐motorised means.
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Xavier Delclòs‐alió
Xavier Delclòs‐Alió is a geographer and PhD candidate at the Department of Geography at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and member of the Research Group on Mobility, Transportation and Territory (GEMOTT). His research delves into different dimensions of everyday mobility considering individual, relational and territorial factors in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region. For this purpose, his research is based on a mixed methods approach applying a combination of quantitative and qualitative data sources, complemented by using tracking technologies; [[email protected]].
Carme Miralles‐guasch
Carme Miralles‐Guasch, PhD, is a professor in urban geography and everyday mobility at the Department of Geography from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, lead researcher of the Research Group on Mobility, Transportation and Territory (GEMOTT). She has an extensive research experience in the field of urban and mobility studies and, more recently, she has focused on the implications of urban proximity in people's everyday life. She is also a researcher at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) at the UAB; [[email protected]].