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Vs. Definitiva Dissertação Mayara Moraes Monteiro UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PERNAMBUCO CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIA E GEOCIÊNCIAS Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil Área de Transportes e Gestão das Infraestruturas Urbanas THE ROLE OF INFORMATION IN TRANSIT USE BY UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS IN BRAZIL AND DENMARK Mayara Moraes Monteiro Recife, Brazil, February 2016 UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PERNAMBUCO CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIA E GEOCIÊNCIAS Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil Área de Transportes e Gestão das Infraestruturas Urbanas THE ROLE OF INFORMATION IN TRANSIT USE BY UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS IN BRAZIL AND DENMARK Mayara Moraes Monteiro Advisor: Leonardo Herszon Meira, PhD. Co-advisor: Otto Anker Nielsen, PhD. Recife, Brazil, February 2016 Catalogação na fonte Bibliotecária: Rosineide Mesquita Gonçalves Luz / CRB4-1361 (BCTG) M775r Monteiro, Mayara Moraes. The role of information in transit use by undergraduate and graduate students in Brazil and Denmark / Mayara Moraes Monteiro. – 2016. 189f., il., figs., gráfs., tabs. Orientador: Leonardo Herszon Meira, PhD. Coorientador: Otto Anker Nielsen, PhD. Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. CTG. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil, 2016 . Inclui Referências e Apêndices. 1. Engenharia Civil. 2. Information Systems. 3. Public Transport. 4. Technology Acceptance Model. 5. Structural Equation Models. 6. Mode Choice. I. Meira, Leonardo Herszon (Orientador). II. Nielsen, Otto Anker (Coorientador). III. Título. 624CDD (22.ed) UFPE/BCTG-2016/ 111 MAYARA MORAES MONTEIRO THE ROLE OF INFORMATION IN TRANSIT USE BY UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS IN BRAZIL AND DENMARK DISSERTAÇÃO SUBMETIDA AO CORPO DOCENTE DA COORDENAÇÃO DO PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE ENGENHARIA CIVIL DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PERNAMBUCO COMO PARTE DOS REQUISITOS NECESSÁRIOS PARA A OBTENÇÃO DO GRAU DE MESTRE EM ENGENHARIA CIVIL. Aprovada por: ________________________________________________ Prof. Leonardo Herszon Meira, PhD ________________________________________________ Prof. Enilson Medeiros dos Santos, PhD ________________________________________________ Prof. Maria Leonor Alves Maia, PhD ________________________________________________ Prof. Maurício Oliveira de Andrade, PhD Recife, 29 de fevereiro 2016 ACKNOWLEDGMENT I would like to express my gratitude to Professor Otto Nielsen who had faith in me and provided the opportunity to develop part of my work at DTU, giving to me the guidance and support necessary for it. The work carried out at DTU also would not have been possible without the help of Professor Sigal Kaplan, who I want to express my thanks for all the support, attention and help given. My thanks also goes to Professor Marie Anderson for being so gentle in the help given to me every time I needed it and Professor Carlo Prato for his important insights. I am also grateful for being given the opportunity to develop this study as part of the project “Integrated Public Transport Optimization and Planning” (IPTOP), funded by the Innovation Fund Denmark. I would like to extend my thanks also to Professor Leonardo for his gentle availability, suggestions and support when I needed, and Professor Enilson for his analysis and for giving important insights in this research. In addition, a thank to all my master's colleagues for every good moment shared and in special to Ivana Vanderlei, Cristiane Figueiredo, João José and Pollyane Leite for help me with some information necessary. I would also like to thank the financial support given by CNPq - Brazil, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, through a scholarship for the development of this Master research. My endless gratitude also goes to mainha, painho, Bu, Baby, Deninho and Bia for supporting my decision and immense help during the entire development of this research. Moreover, Iza and Kenneth, I cannot thank you both enough for all the support given, especially during my stay in Denmark. Staying close to you made me a better person. Finally, I would like to thank Henrique for all the support and kind help given during the development of this research. I wouldn’t be able to complete it without your daily incentive and help with the review of each word written here. You are amazing. Abstract of Thesis submitted to Universidade Federal de Pernambuco as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science (M.Sc.). THE ROLE OF INFORMATION IN TRANSIT USE BY UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS IN BRAZIL AND DENMARK Mayara Moraes Monteiro Advisor: Prof. Leonardo Herszon Meira, PhD. Co-advisor: Prof. Otto Anker Nielsen, PhD. With the fast improvement of technology, accompanied by changes in the lifestyle and the growth of cities, that made the Public Transport (PT) system more complex, delivery of integrated information on PT systems in an efficient and clear way are of the outmost importance but not always available. This study sought to understand the relation between travel information, PT use intentions and non-habitual travel (at night). The hypothesis is that PT use intentions are related to the perceived usefulness and the ease-of-use of the system, which are related to information quality and real-time information availability. The hypothesized relations are anchored theoretically in the Extended Technology Acceptance Model and validated empirically in two sources of data: (i) Copenhagen (Denmark), characterized by a highly integrated PT system with an advanced web-based information system; (ii) Recife and Natal (Brazil), characterized by a lower perceived Level Of Service (LOS) and non-integrated information sources. The data was collected through a tailor-made survey answered for 1,123 university students in Denmark and Brazil. Structural equation models were employed for explaining the use of PT as a function of the observed respondent characteristics and the latent constructs. The results show: (i) information quality is essential for explaining PT use; (ii) perceived information quality is directly and positively related to perceived LOS, convenience and familiarity with the PT system; (iii) the use of real-time information is positively related to information quality and familiarity, while it is negatively associated with perceived PT security; (iv) PT use at night is positively related to habitual PT use and information search. Key words: information systems; public transport; technology acceptance model; structural equation models; mode choice. Recife, February 2016 Resumo da dissertação submetida à Universidade Federal de Pernambuco como parte dos requisitos necessários para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Civil. O PAPEL DA INFORMAÇÃO NO TRANSPORTE PÚBLICO POR ESTUDANTES DE GRADUAÇÃO E PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO NO BRASIL E NA DINAMARCA Mayara Moraes Monteiro Orientador: Prof. Leonardo Herszon Meira, PhD. Co-orientador: Prof. Otto Anker Nielsen, PhD. Com a rápida melhoria da tecnologia, acompanhada por mudanças no estilo de vida, e o crescimento das cidades, que tornou o transporte público (TP) muito mais complexo, entregar informação integrada do sistema de transporte de uma forma eficiente e clara é de extrema importância, mas nem sempre está disponível. Este estudo procurou entender a relação entre informações sobre viagens, intenções de uso de TP e viagens não habituais (à noite). A hipótese é que as intenções de uso de TP estão relacionadas com a percepção sobre a utilidade e a facilidade de uso do sistema, que estão relacionados com a qualidade da informação e a disponibilidade de informação em tempo real. As relações hipotéticas são ancoradas teoricamente na Extensão do Modelo de Aceitação Tecnológica e validado empiricamente através de duas fontes de dados: (i) Copenhague (Dinamarca), caracterizado por um sistema de transporte altamente integrado com um avançado sistema de informação baseado na web; (ii) Recife e Natal (Brasil), caracterizadas por um nível de percepção do nível de serviço como mais baixo e fontes de informação não integradas. Os dados foram recolhidos através de um questionário feito sob medida e respondido por 1.123 estudantes universitários na Dinamarca e no Brasil. Modelos de equações estruturais foram utilizados para explicar a utilização do TP em função das características observadas dos respondentes e os construtos latentes. Os resultados mostram: (i) a qualidade da informação é essencial para explicar o uso do TP; (ii) a percepção da qualidade da informação está direta e positivamente relacionada com a percepção do nível de serviço, conveniência e familiaridade com o sistema de TP; (iii) o uso da informação em tempo real está positivamente relacionado com a qualidade da informação e familiaridade, enquanto está associado negativamente com a percepção de segurança do TP; (iv) utilização do TP à noite está positivamente relacionada com a utilização habitual do TP e a busca de informações. Palavras-chave: sistemas de informação; transporte público; modelo de aceitação tecnológica; modelos de equações estruturais; escolha modal. Recife, fevereiro 2016 SUMMARY LIST OF FIGURES 12 LIST OF TABLES 16 1 INTRODUCTION 16 1.1 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 19 1.1.1 Main objective 19 1.1.2 Specific objectives 19 1.2 MAIN CONTRIBUTIONS 20 1.3 HYPOTHESES 20 1.4 CONTENTS 20 2 PUBLIC TRANSPORT INFORMATION TO PASSENGERS 22 2.1 MAIN DEFINITIONS 23 2.1.1 Classification by updating status 23 2.1.2 Classification by scope 24 2.2 ALLOCATION OF THE INFORMATION 25 2.2.1 On stops and stations 25 2.2.2 On vehicles 27 2.2.3 Information available anywhere 28 2.3 IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION IN PUBLIC
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