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Title:

COMPONENTS OF CHANGE IN URBAN TRAVEL

Accession Number:

00334195

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/03611981

Abstract:

Home-interview travel surveys in two upstate New York areas-Buffalo and Rochester-were conducted in the early 1960s and repeated in the early 1970s. An analysis of the changes in travel and household characteristics for both areas shows some surprising patterns as well as many that support the current theories of urban growth. Travel increased 8 percent and 37 percent in Buffalo and Rochester, respectively, over an 11-year period. However, average trip rates and trip lengths remained relatively constant over time, whereas automobile-ownership levels, number of households, and average travel time increased. In general, the increase in person kilometers of travel over time resulted primarily from an increase in the number of households rather than from increasing trip rates or lengths. The theory that travel-time budgets are stable holds for travelers and, to a lesser extent, for households. New highway construction does not appear to have generated large numbers of new trips but has had a greater impact on trip origins and destinations. Analyses of various stratifications of the data showed generally similar results.

Supplemental Notes:

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Passenger Travel Demand Forecasting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01411594

Authors:

Cohen, Gerald S
Kocis, Michael A

Pagination:

pp 42-47

Publication Date:

1980

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 775
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

59th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1980-1-21 to 1980-1-25

ISBN:

0309031192

Media Type:

Print

Features:

References (11) ; Tables (6)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Oct 28 1982 12:00AM

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