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Title: COMPARABILITY AND TRANSFERABILITY OF COMMUTER BEHAVIOR CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN CITIES: DEPARTURE TIME AND ROUTE-SWITCHING DECISIONS
Accession Number: 00732423
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Extensive diary surveys of commuter behavior were conducted in Dallas and Austin. These surveys provide data to characterize the day-to-day dynamics of commuter decisions, including departure time and route, for both morning and evening commutes. The data were used to develop user decision models that relate route and departure time switching patterns to socioeconomic characteristics, workplace conditions, and traffic system characteristics. Comparisons were made to assess the extent of transferability of behavioral findings and model parameters. Remarkable similarity was found in the general commuting behavior patterns observed in the two cities, such as greater switching activity in the evening than in the morning commute and greater frequency of departure time switching relative to route changes. Differences between the two cities appear to be primarily due to the larger size of Dallas.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1556, Transportation Forecasting: Short-Term Practical Improvements, Travel Behavior Models and Issues, and Artificial Intelligence.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Jou, R-CMahmassani, H SPagination: p. 119-130
Publication Date: 1996
Serial: ISBN: 0309059550
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Feb 19 1997 12:00AM
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