Purchasing decisions of travellers in Poland in the context of their age

The article discusses the issues of the purchasing decisions of travellers in passenger transport. Its purpose is to examine whether the age of travellers determines their purchasing decisions. The study was carried out with the CAWI method on a representative sample of n=1012 of adult inhabitants of Poland in the age bracket of 25 through 60. The correlation of the stated theses and research questions with the age of the respondents showed that the older a (professionally active) traveller is, the higher his/her tendency is to resign from a private car and use efficiently working public transport, he/she sees the advantages of faster travel with rail transport in regional carriages than in private transport and compares the costs of travel with alternative means of transport over long distances. The results of qualitative studies can be useful for influencing the purchasing decisions of passengers according to the long-term transport policy of the European Union and Poland, involving sustainable development of transport and the operators themselves who compete for the passenger.