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Title:

Modeling the Influence of Family, Social Context, and Spatial Proximity on Use of Nonmotorized Transport Mode

Accession Number:

01340643

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780309167444

Abstract:

This paper presents a joint model of the duration of walking and bicycling activity with the use of a hazard-based specification that recognizes the interval nature of time reported in activity–travel surveys. The model structure takes the form of a multilevel hazard-based model system that accounts for the range of interactions and spatial effects that might affect walking and bicycling mode use. In addition to the individual-specific factors, family (household-specific) interactions, social group (peer) influences, and spatial clustering effects are considered potential factors that contribute to heterogeneity in nonmotorized transport mode use behavior. The model system presented is capable of accommodating grouped duration responses often encountered in activity–travel surveys. A composite marginal likelihood estimation approach is adopted to estimate parameters in a computationally tractable manner. The model system is applied to a survey sample drawn from the recent 2009 National Household Travel Survey in the United States. Model results show that significant unobserved family-level, social group, and spatial proximity effects contribute to heterogeneity in walking and bicycling activity duration. The unobserved effects were also found to have a differential impact on bicycling activity duration, thus suggesting the need to treat and model walking and bicycling separately in transportation modeling systems.

Monograph Accession #:

01357339

Report/Paper Numbers:

11-2806

Language:

English

Authors:

Ferdous, Nazneen
Pendyala, Ram M
Bhat, Chandra R

ORCID 0000-0002-0715-8121

Konduri, Karthik C

Pagination:

pp 111-120

Publication Date:

2011

Serial:

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Issue Number: 2230
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

9780309167444

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (1) ; References (33) ; Tables (2)

Geographic Terms:

United States

Subject Areas:

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 17 2011 6:18PM

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