This paper describes a small dataset of the volume and mass of people's grocery shopping by their travel mode. The dataset was collected to explore a possible relationship between quantity of groceries purchased and the availability, or unavailability, of a car to transport the groceries to destination. The study was within an overall program exploring the functions of cars, including their role as a carrier of goods, for understanding practical implications of replacing car trips with trips by other travel modes. Short intercept surveys were conducted at exits from supermarkets and produce markets. Shoppers' purchased grocery loads were weighed and measured and the mode of travel recorded. Only a small dataset was obtained so findings are indicative or interpretive rather than statistical statements on the typical range in volume and mass of groceries that people transport via different travel modes. From the dataset obtained, grocery loads to be transported by car had a wider range of volume and mass, but the median and lower quartile values were similar between car and non-car travel modes. It is suggested that there are some grocery shopping trips the car is well-suited for but the dataset demonstrated a number of grocery shopping trips equally able to be carried with another travel mode replacing a car trip. The small dataset supports deeper study to understand how loads associated with daily activities influence people's travel mode choice or reluctance to change away from car travel modes.


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    Title :

    Grocery loads and travel modes


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    Publication date :

    2015



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    Local classification TIB:    135/7005/1710
    BKL:    55.84 Straßenverkehr



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