01632501

Component

https://doi.org/10.3141/2668-01

This paper presents a methodology for the calculation of the consumption of household travel energy at the level of the traffic analysis zone (TAZ) in conjunction with information that is readily available from a standard four-step travel demand model system. This methodology embeds two algorithms. The first provides a means of allocating non-home-based trips to residential zones that are the source of such trips, whereas the second provides a mechanism for incorporating the effects of household vehicle fleet composition on fuel consumption. The methodology is applied to the greater Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan region in the United States and is found to offer a robust mechanism for calculating the footprint of household travel energy at the level of the individual TAZ; this mechanism makes possible the study of variations in the energy footprint across space. The travel energy footprint is strongly correlated with the density of the built environment, although socioeconomic differences across TAZs also likely contribute to differences in travel energy footprints. The TAZ-level calculator of the footprint of household travel energy can be used to analyze alternative futures and relate differences in the energy footprint to differences in a number of contributing factors and thus enables the design of urban form, formulation of policy interventions, and implementation of awareness campaigns that may produce more-sustainable patterns of energy consumption.

01646167

17-04855

English

pp 1–10

2017

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309441643

Digital/other

Figures (4) ; Maps; References (25)

Algorithms; Energy consumption; Households; Socioeconomic factors; Traffic analysis zones; Travel behavior; Travel demand; Vehicle fleets

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Energy; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 8 2016 11:51AM

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