%0 PDF %T Immigrant social interactions effects: modeling transportation mode choice in New York City. %A Conwell, Lucas J. %D 2016-04-30 23:27:35 -0400 %8 2016-05-01 %I Tufts Archival Research Center %R http://localhost/files/zg64tz16x %X Past research has found that immigrants are less likely to drive alone than the native-born, all else equal. This thesis finds that endogenous social interactions effects may explain this “immigrant effect” by estimating alternative-specific conditional logit mode choice models using New York City travel survey data. The share of fellow mode users from a traveler’s own immigrant group positively affects the likelihood that the traveler chooses a given mode, as does the share of same-immigrant-status neighbors commuting using that mode. Incorporating these feedback effects into transportation demand models could better guide future investments. %G eng %[ 2022-10-07 %9 Text %~ Tufts Digital Library %W Institution