THE PREDICTIVE POWER OF THE AJZEN, TRIANDIS, AND SCHWARTZ MODELS ARE COMPARED IN THE THE CONTEXT OF CAR FOR UNIVERSITY ROUTES (2003 ), TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR STUDENTS FILLED OUT A QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGNED TO MEASURE THE COMPONENTS OF THE THREE MODELS .IN THE PREDICTION OF INTENTION TO USE A CAR , RESULTS INDICATED THAT ONE VARIABLE FROM THE TRINANDISMODEL-ROLE BELIEFS-INCREASED THE EXPLANATORY POWER OFFERED BY THE COMPONENTS OF THE AJZEN MODEL IN THE PREDICTION OF SELF-REPORTED CAR USE , ONE VARIABLE OF THE TRIANDIS MODEL-CAR USE HABIT-SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE PREDICTIVE POWER OF THE AJZEN MODEL. THE CENTRAL VARIABLE OF THE SCHWARTZ MODEL-PERSONAL NORM-EXERTED NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECT EITHER ON INTENTION OR ON BEHAVIOR. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS FOR INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE THE CAR USE OF STUDENT FOR UNIVERSITY ROUTES ARE DISCUSSED(P.1). COMMUTE DISTANCE Jiangping Zhou(2012) IS POSITIVELY RELATED TO CARPOOL AND TELECOMMUTING. GENDER , STATUS (UNDERGRADUATE) AND AGE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY CORRELATED TO BIKING , WALKING OR PUBLIC TRANSIT. STUDENTS LIVING ALONE ARE MORE LIKELY TO COMMUTE BY DRIVING ALONE THEN OTHER STUDENTS. HAVING FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES LIVING NEARBY INCREASES THE ODDS OF TAKING PUBLIC TRANSIT(P.1), THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT PARENTS ALLOW STUDENT TO BRING THE CAR TO USE IN NUIC