Public Transport Use and Satisfaction by International Students and Researchers

Travel behavior adaptations resulting from international temporary relocation is understudied, despite their increasing relevance. The scarce published literature on the subject overlooks local contexts and ignores aspects related to adaptation processes motivations. This study aims partially fill this gap by addressing travel of students researchers, focusing public transport (PT) frequency use satisfaction. To investigate this, a Bayesian Structural Equation Model was estimated using data collected tailor-made online survey answered exchange researchers. model confirms that (i) habit in city origin influences residential location choice host city; (ii) higher PT origin, (iii) affects individuals’ satisfaction; (iv) perceiving technology as helpful move around leads system easier at beginning stay; (v) use, its level satisfaction with system.