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Title:

Evaluating the Potential of Transportation-Related Social Exclusion of Elderly People: An Application of a Joint Mode Choice and Travel Distance Demand Model in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Canada

Accession Number:

01515642

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper uses a utility-theoretic econometric model to investigate the joint mode choice and travel distance of elderly people (age 65+). The main objective is to investigate the possibility and extent of transportation-related social exclusion of elderly people. Empirical models are estimated by using a household travel survey conducted in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Canada. Modal accessibility is considered as a determinant of travel distance. The spatial expansions method is used to capture spatial dispersion and disparity of elderly people for different activity types. Multi-variable interactions are used to capture systematic variations of total distance travel demand across age groups for different activity types. Empirical model reveals that elderly people living in the NCR are prone to transportation-related social exclusion. It is evident that the effects of poor accessibility and unfavourable land use patterns are not the same across the region. The NCR is proven to be a monocentric and central business district (CBD) oriented region. Elderly people living far from the CBD need to travel longer distances that further increase with age. With an increasingly elderly population in the region, the risk of transportation-related social exclusion also increases. Most importantly, transportation-related social exclusion in the NCR is driven more by the region’s urban form and land use patterns than the performance of the regional transportation system.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADB40 Transportation Demand Forecasting. Alternate title: Evaluating Potential of Transportation-Related Social Exclusion of Elderly People: Application of Joint Mode Choice and Travel Distance Demand Model in National Capital Region of Canada.

Monograph Accession #:

01503729

Report/Paper Numbers:

14-1602

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Habib, Khandker Nurul

Pagination:

21p

Publication Date:

2014

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC
Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Maps; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Social exclusion

Geographic Terms:

Canada

Subject Areas:

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

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-1602

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 27 2014 2:35PM