Situational Factors. The following situational factors should be considered by the evaluator and evaluatee during any observation:
Situational Factors. Luggage According to an analysis of Belgian mobility data69, the presence of children and luggage has little relevance to the choice of transport. It is surprising because one would expect that the presence of children or baggage leads to increased car use, and less common in the selection travelers. The problem with the analysis is that "baggage" can be a satchel, or a single plastic bag. Even children are not clearly defined. 66 Cf. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, De sociale effecten van basismobiliteit in nietstedelijke gebieden, xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx/studies/basismobiliteit/eindrapport.pdf, retrieved: 30/03/2011. 67 Medianet: Telefonska anketa Stavovi stanovnika Hrvatske o Hrvatskoj željeznici Prosinac 2006. Neovisna istraživačko-analitička agencija, Zagreb, 2006, xxxx://xxx.xxx.xx/wp- content/uploads/2011/01/anketa_o_hz-u_2006.pdf 68 Cf. MONITOR Társadalomkutat´Intézet és Módszertani Központ: A külföldi turisták véleénve a budapesti tömegközlekedésröl. 69 Cf. PHL Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg, OVG Vlaams-Brabant 2001-2002, Xxxxx Xxxx, onderzoek in opdracht van het vlaams ministere van mobiliteit, 2007. The study „De sociale effecten van basismobiliteit”70 differs in a more detailed way and finds an influence of the burden to be carried. In some of the cases, the comfort in the first place was coupled with the burden carried during the journey. Besides the problem of additional costs that must be contributed when travelling with children, in the interviews it was found that systematically public transport is rejected for "big" shopping. In these cases, it mainly concerns the weight of the load. Sometimes the burden is aligned with an accessibility problem, e.g. a buggy for children hampers parents to use public transport. High Traffic/Congestion According to a Belgian study71, congestion will encourage people to seek alternatives for the car. During our interviews, it became strikingly pointed to trips to the city by public transport because one does not want to drive into the city with a lot of traffic, especially at peak times. Weather An additional element of comfort criteria is the weather.72 The choice of transport mode can be influenced by rain and wind by low and high temperatures. The influence of weather is most pronounced in travel behaviour of children. If the distance permits, thy prefer the bike when the weather is nice. At bad weather, they take the bus or the parents drive them. The temperature is an important criterion for some, w...
