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Driving mechanism of green travel behaviour: application of the Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Advocating green travel and reducing private car travel are effectively alleviating the environmental problems of transportation in cities. The purpose of this paper is to use the Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour to explore the factors and driving mechanisms affecting citizens’ green travel in the context of dual-carbon. Appropriate policy recommendations are proposed after empirically analysing the questionnaires of 449 Chinese residents. The findings indicate that subjective norms, roles, negative emotions, and habits positively influence motivation to green travel behaviour, while facilitating conditions have a negative effect. On the other hand, neither the positive effects of attitudes, descriptive norms, and self-concepts, nor the moderating effect of facilitating conditions, on behaviour intention and green travel were verified. The full results indicate subjective norms and habits to be the key issues for policy making.

Source: International Journal of Urban Sciences

DOI: 10.1080/12265934.2025.2575791

Authors: Chunqin Zhang, Mengmeng Wang, Martin Skitmore, Di Yao, Ziyan Jiang

Institutions: Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, East China Normal University, Bond University, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Ningxia University

Language: English

Topic: Environmental Education and Sustainability

Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China