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Title:

Exploring Activity and Destination Choice Behavior in Social Networking Data

Accession Number:

01559847

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The objective of this research is to present a data exploration of social network based opinion dynamics in choice set generation in the context of activity and travel choice behavior, especially in the context of destination choice. Using data from an online location-based social network, the aim is to explore the spatiality of destinations in the context of social networks and what the social network influence on travelers’ destination choice is. Analysis results show that social relationships play a role in travelers’ destination choices and that distance plays a strong role in social networks as in location choice. Based on observed possible correlation between traveler’s travel behavior and the influence from their friends, two models, N-check-ins (number of check-ins) model and N-locations (number of destinations) model are created. The result shows that the number of friends significantly influences traveler’s travel behavior.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADB10 Traveler Behavior and Values.

Monograph Accession #:

01550057

Report/Paper Numbers:

15-5808

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Chen, Ying
Frei, Andreas
Mahmassani, Hani S

Pagination:

18p

Publication Date:

2015

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2015-1-11 to 2015-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Candidate Terms:

Social networking

Uncontrolled Terms:

Destinations

Subject Areas:

Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2015 Paper #15-5808

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 30 2014 1:56PM