Social and Cultural Related Factors Regarding Citizens Tendency to Use Private Vehicles for Urban Trips

Private vehicle have been used for social activities resulting in serious problems for large cities. The tendency to use private vehicles increased the level of concerns. The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors affecting the citizen’s attitude to use private vehicles to travel within the city of Tehran. The research was carried out to identify instrumental, social, cultural, economic and individual factors. Owing to the fact that traffic volume in the city is influenced by personal vehicles, measures must be taken into account. Using context of survey research, the information was recorded from drivers driving private cars. The population of this study was the entire households living in Tehran. Samples were selected using cluster sampling with a number of 384 individuals, and questionnaires were provided to collect the data. Results also confirmed that the above-mentioned factors suggested that instrumental causes are allocated to the most effective personal use of the vehicle. Furthermore, factors such as social factors, economic factors, personal factors, cultural factors were impressive as well.