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Using Health Behavior Theory and Relative Risk Information to Increase and Inform Use of Alternative Transportation

项目名称：	Using Health Behavior Theory and Relative Risk Information to Increase and Inform Use of Alternative Transportation
摘要：	COVID-19 has led to a reduction in vehicle miles traveled by motorized vehicles. Anecdotal evidence suggests that there may a shift to non-motorized modes. Getting more of the Virginia Tech community (including student, faculty, and staff) to walk, use the bus, carpool or ride bicycles for alternative transportation to decrease dependency on vehicle use and traffic around the VT campus and increase overall safety is a goal of the VT Alternative Transportation Department. With COVID-19 impacting carpools and the bus system due to limited capacity and possible fear of public transportation, and fear of injury related to alternative transportation methods, the rate of Single Occupancy Vehicles (SOV) usage to and around the VT campus may increase. This project develops an intervention and education program to encourage alternative transportation to, from, and around campus to reduce traffic on campus while still respecting COVID-19 precautionary measures. In addition, since there is currently no standardized approach for computing the injury rates for non-vehicle roadway users, this project will collaborate with another project that will also refine and assess a methodology for estimating injury rates for pedestrians and bicyclists which will be used to inform the developed intervention. This information will also aid in the development of an educational alternative transportation safety course.
状态：	Active
资金：	493774
资助组织：	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
项目负责人：	Glenn, Eric Zachary
执行机构：	Virginia Tech Transportation Institute<==>Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI)
开始时间：	20201001
预计完成日期：	20220430
主题领域：	Highways；Passenger Transportation；Pedestrians and Bicyclists；Planning and Forecasting；Public Transportation；Safety and Human Factors