García Marcos House, Valdemoro, Madrid (1991)

A single-family house in a conventional suburb on the outskirts of Valdemoro, Madrid, is sited on a lot measuring 15 x 21 meters, on a corner with two street facades. = Una vivienda unifamiliar en una urbanización convencional en las afueras de Valdemoro – Madrid. La parcela es de 15 x 21 m, en esquina y con dos fachadas a la calle.

Exploring the role of social capital influence variables on travel behaviour

This paper explores the potential role of individual trip characteristics and social capital network variables in the choice of transport mode. A sample of around 100 individuals living or working in one suburb of Madrid (i.e. Las Rosas district of Madrid) participated in a smartphone short panel survey, entering travel data for an entire working week. A Mixed Logit model was estimated with this data to analyze shifts to metro as a consequence of the opening of two new stations in the area. Apart from classical explanatory variables, such as travel time and cost, gender, license and car ownership, the model incorporated two “social capital network” variables: participation in voluntary activities and receiving help for various tasks (i.e. child care, housekeeping, etc.). Both variables improved the capacity of the model to explain transport mode shifts. Further, our results confirm that the shift towards metro was higher in the case of people “helped” and lower for those participating in some voluntary activities.