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In the context of the increasing interest on non-mandatory activities – such as those related to recreation and socializing – this work focuses on studying the relationships between participation in activities, social networks and expenditures in daily travel patterns associated to leisure activities, as a way to understand the people’s strategies to perform activities in daily life. The methodology included the use of a daily activities log applied during seven days, along with a socio-demographic and social network characterization. Using Structural Equations Models, the study provides empirical evidence of the effect of individual social networks on people’s travel patterns. The results suggest a positive relationship between the interaction of people with their social networks and the level of expenditure with respect with people’s time and spatial activity patterns. The analysis contributes towards the better understanding and modelling of people’s behavior in time and space and the role of social networks and expenditures associated to different daily activities.

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

18-03585

English

17p

2018

Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Leisure time; Social factors; Travel behavior

Concepción, Chile

Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General)

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-03585

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 8 2018 10:53AM