The influence of personal and trip characteristics on habitual parking behavior

• Most respondents regularly use the same parking when traveling to CBD.
• Respondents ascribe themselves strong habitual behavior when choosing a parking.
• Personal and trip characteristics influence habitual parking behavior.

This paper discusses some results of a study on the influence of car drivers’ characteristics on habitual parking behavior. First, the level of habitual parking behavior is determined in two ways: car drivers’ regularity in choosing a parking facility and car drivers’ self-reporting scores for habitual behavior. The data are collected using an internet based questionnaire that was distributed in Belgium and the Netherlands. The results show that car drivers regularly/often choose the same parking facility when visiting a central business area. In line with this finding, car drivers impute themselves as being highly habitual. A multinomial regression analysis shows that personal (gender, education, and country of residence) and trip (visit frequency) characteristics are significantly related to the distinguished habitual parking behavior levels.