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Title: Assessing the Impact of Public Holidays on Travel Time Expenditure: Differentiation by Trip Motive
Accession Number: 01155421
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: The impact of public holidays on the underlying reasons for travel behavior, namely, the activities people perform and the trips made, is seldom investigated. Therefore, the effect of holidays on travel time expenditure in Flanders, differentiated by trip motive, is examined. The data used for the analysis stem from a household travel survey carried out in 2000. The zero-inflated Poisson regression approach is used; it explicitly takes into account the inherent contrast between travelers and nontravelers. The zero-inflated Poisson regression models yield findings that are harmonious with international literature; sociodemographic variables, temporal effects, and transportation preferences contribute significantly to unraveling the variability of travel behavior. In particular, it is shown that the effect of public holidays on daily travel behavior cannot be ignored. Triangulation of quantitative and qualitative techniques is a solid basis for insight into the underpinnings of travel behavior.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01172525
Report/Paper Numbers: 10-0949
Language: English
Authors: Cools, MarioMoons, ElkeWets, GeertPagination: pp 29-37
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780309142830
Media Type: Print
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 25 2010 10:26AM
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