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The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between travel behavior and immigrant status. The National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) allows us to explore the relationships between travel behavior and characteristics that are usually hard to discern in surveys with smaller samples. The place of birth and year of immigration to the U.S. on travel behavior was tested for commute mode and for general travel variables such as yearly miles driven (as reported by the respondent), number of weekly walk trips, and number of daily trips by all modes. Full models that include spatial and socio-demographic variables were estimated for each of the dependent variables. The effects of place of birth and year of arriving to the U.S. were found to be significant in the full models that control for commute mode and yearly miles driven but not for weekly walk trips or number of daily trips. Understanding the differences in travel behavior and the possible explanations for these differences can help in modeling travel demand, finding policies best suited to meeting the travel needs of foreign born communities, and addressing environmental justice concerns.

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06-0649

English

20p

2006

Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting

CD-ROM

Figures (2) ; References (14) ; Tables (10)

Commuters; Daily; Immigrants; Mode choice; Public transit; Travel behavior; Travel surveys

2001 National Household Travel Survey

Foreign nationals

Administration and Management; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2006 Paper #06-0649

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