01516675

Component

https://doi.org/10.3141/2451-03

A significant portion of the population of developing countries resides in rural areas. Despite the importance of rural transportation planning in such countries, little is known about the activity travel characteristics of these rural residents. The topic has been largely ignored in transportation studies. To contribute to the scant literature, this study focused on a classification of representative activity travel–based clusters (RACs) in rural areas of Iran. A place-based interview questionnaire was designed, and data about activity and travel characteristics of rural residents were collected in May 2012. On the basis of the distance between a village and the nearest city, nearby and distant villages were considered in the survey. The statistical analysis used 665 questionnaires. A classification procedure was applied to analyze the data. First, the application of factor analysis with Varimax rotation that used Kaiser criteria resulted in nine factors, extracted from 22 initial variables. The types of villages were used to compare the factors. Results indicated that descriptive factors of rural RACs were strongly affected by the distance between a village and the nearest city. Next, a cluster analysis, which resulted in nine RACs, was conducted. Each RAC consisted of a dominant activity type, activity location, and transportation mode. Through interpretation of the RACs, the rural population was categorized into nine lifestyles. Subsequently, the distribution of village type and respondent gender and age variables for each RAC was explored. Except for age categories, differences between distributions of the village type and gender in the RACs were considerable.

01553131

14-2493

English

pp 20–27

2014

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309295437

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Figures (3) ; References (21) ; Tables (7)

Activity choices; Case studies; Cluster analysis; Developing countries; Factor analysis; Life styles; Rural areas; Statistical analysis; Surveys; Travel behavior

Activity based analysis; Villages

Iran

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

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 27 2014 2:52PM

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