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Title:

Travel Time Dynamics - A Study of Travel Time Budgets in an Indian City

Accession Number:

01632199

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

The theory of travel-time budget put forth by Yacov Zahavi in the 1970s, deems that individuals have a stable, predictable average daily travel time whether in an urban or a rural area. The concept of stable/constant travel time budget is quite appealing. However, it is more of a rule of thumb as most scientific evidences refute it. This research attempts to test these theoretical propositions based on a case from India. The research specially comments on two propositions: 1. While travel time vary by size of city and over time, there are certain thresholds 10 (minimum and maximum) within which most people travel. 2. There are certain travellers who travel beyond these thresholds who will be referred to as ‘extreme travellers’. For this group the research explores why they accept such extreme traveling conditions? A mixed approach combining quantitative and qualitative methodologies is adopted. A survival analysis of daily travel time in the city of Chennai (India) is carried out, while qualitative interviews supplement it. The observed relationships between socioeconomic variables and TTB only support the hypothesis of “regularity” and not “stability”. The research further confirms that travel time budget is not only determined by the activity at the destination or the mode of transport but also by personal beliefs and the perception of travel time. The findings of this research would help transport policy adopt a more subjective notion than simple monetary cost.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADB10 Standing Committee on Traveler Behavior and Values. Alternate title: Travel Time Dynamics: Study of Travel Time Budgets in an Indian City.

Monograph Accession #:

01618707

Report/Paper Numbers:

17-06221

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Swamy, Shivanand
Krishnan, Supraja

Pagination:

17p

Publication Date:

2017

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Chennai (India)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-06221

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 8 2016 12:31PM