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ArticleTravel behaviour & society2020

To drive or not to drive? A study of travel behavior for a recent drinking occasion.

Kara E MacLeod, Mikkel Thorhauge, Victor Villalobos, Jeroen van Meijgaard, Katherine J Karriker-Jaffe, Tara Kelley-Baker, David R Ragland

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Article in Travel behaviour & society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Ride-Hailing and Road Traffic Crashes: A Critical Review.American journal of epidemiology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Kara E MacLeodFielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
Mikkel ThorhaugeTechnical University of Denmark, Transport Modeling, Department of Management Engineering, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby.
Victor VillalobosSchool of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720.
Jeroen van MeijgaardFielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
Katherine J Karriker-JaffeAlcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608.
Tara Kelley-BakerAAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Washington, DC 20005-2000.
David R RaglandSchool of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720.

Funding

TREND &STRUCTURE OF ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE--GENERAL POPULATION 1990 SURVEY DATAP50AA005595 · NIAAA · WESTERN CONSORTIUM FOR PUBLIC HEALTH · PI KERR, WILLIAM C. · 1985 to 2025
$34.1M
GRADUATE RESEARCH TRAINING ON ALCOHOL PROBLEMST32AA007240 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI William C. Kerr · 1985 to 2026
$7.5M
Training grant for Cancer Control and EpidemiologyT32CA009492 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI PENTZ, MARY ANN · 1985 to 2019
$7.4M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009492NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA005595NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA007240
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite decades of education and enforcement campaigns, alcohol-impaired driving persists as a social problem in the U.S. Are there other factors influencing decisions to drive after alcohol consumption that may be amenable to change? We conducted a roadside survey in California in 2012 to assess whether residential accessibility, travel attitudes (indicated by ratings of convenience and safety for travel options), and perceptions of arrest risk affect travel choices made subsequent to alcohol consumption. We conducted hybrid choice modeling for 580 participants. Mode-specific travel attitudes were valid constructs and predictive of travel behavior. Perceived level of service (speed) increased the utility for taxi and getting a ride. Perceiving high risk of arrest affected mode choice through travel attitudes. Not everyone assessed their mode options in the same way. For example, frequent binge drinkers appear to be more willing to consider taxis, men had stronger preferences towards active modes, and younger drivers were less pro-driving in this context. Past drinking and driving behavior affected one's attitude towards driving, while the number of drinks was related to mode choice. While our accessibility measure was not significantly related to attitudes or choice, decreasing urbanicity corresponded with stronger preferences for driving. This pilot study suggests that improving level of service (speed), convenience, and overall safety are considerations for public health in terms of promoting alternatives to drinking and driving. This line of research also has implications for emerging options, such as ride hailing, and how these might be optimized for specific segments of the population.

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accessibilitydrinking and drivingenvironmentrisk perceptionstransportation

Identifiers

PMID34703766
PMCPMC8545274

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