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Attitude to car driving, car purchase, use of public transportation and local public transportation. Attitude to traffic and environmental pollution from the car. Topics: Attitude to traffic (scale): perceived danger of accidents from increasing traffic density; anger at pedestrian and bicyle paths blocked by vehicles; judgement on the duration of green phases for pedestrians; danger of traffic for children; lack of consideration of many car drivers; noise pollution from cars in residential areas; disregard for traffic regulations by cyclists; generally excessive speed in traffic; hostility of cities to pedestrians; air pollution from automobile emissions; demand for increased police control of parked vehicles; pedestrians as fair game; assessment of the effectiveness of protest actions against the flood of cars; undisciplined conduct of motorcycle drivers; problems from commuter traffic; superiority of the bicycle compared to the car in commuter traffic; preference for a weekend free of cars; attitude to drivers license and license plates for cyclists; downtown over-burdened through automobile traffic. Attitude to the traffic situation (scale): perceived improvement in traffic discipline in the last few years; car as optimum means of transport; preference for more frequent traffic checks and for support of local public transportation instead of additional road construction; more attractive city centers from zones free of cars; limitation of 30 km speed zones to residential areas; attitude to a speed limit of 130 km/h on freeways; preference for a major restriction of private automobile traffic; attitude to the zero blood-alcohol limit; perceived possibility to improve traffic flow through traffic management, e.g. traffic lights timed to green and warnings of traffic jams; displacing traffic under the cities; attitude to inexpensive group taxis with prescribed routes; reduction in inner-urban traffic load through reduction in parking opportunities; streetcars as environmentally compatible means of transport; giving public transportation priority; attitude to a common ticket for all means of local transport; intent to switch to public transportation given offerings appropriate to demand; attitude to the arrow for those turning right at intersections controlled by traffic lights. Assessment of the development of means of local transport: expected future frequency of use of car, carpool, group taxis and taxis, bus, motorcycle, moped, bicycle, streetcar, small trains for commuter traffic in the city area, suburban railway, subway, Federal Railway and ship. Assessment of the development of means of long-distance traffic: expected future frequency of use of car, carpool, bus, motorcycle, Federal Railway, motorail train, magnetic suspension train, airplane and ship. Mobility in daily life: reasons for immobility; totals and time budget for daily trips; totals and type of daily activities; primary means of transport and means of transport used altogether; distance traveled per day. Use of public transportation: frequency of use; possession of a time, subscription or network ticket for public transportation; use of park and ride; stops reachable on foot; distance to stops of Federal Railway, train bus, post bus, city buses, private buses, subway, suburban railway, streetcar and taxis. Advantages and disadvantages of local public transportation: judgement on price, frequency, over-loading, timliness, amenities, cleanliness, availability at night and safety, absence of train personnel, safety in bad weather conditions and flexibility; car as supplement or contrast to the means of public transportation. Characterization of local public transportation: easy on the nerves; elimination of burdensome search for a parking place; ticket machines hostile to users; schedules difficult to understand; use of travel time to read; poor connections wasteful of time; contribution to environmental protection; irritation by other passengers; acceptance of a longer trip on foot to the stop. Demand of the operators of local public transportation: stops secure from weather; access free of snow in the winter; daily inspection of escalators and ticket machines; more care with maintenance and design of platforms; denser network of stops; more parking places for park and ride; better security at park and ride parking places; politeness of personnel. Most important advantages and disadvantages of public transportation. Environmental...
SINUS, Heidelberg; Socialdata, Muenchen; GFM-GETAS, Hamburg; Basis Research, Frankfurt/Main
SPIEGEL-Verlag, Hamburg (1993). Automobile, Traffic and Environment (ZA2221; Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. GESIS, Cologne. https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2221
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