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Title: HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL, HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS, AND LAND USE: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY FROM THE 1994 PORTLAND ACTIVITY-BASED TRAVEL SURVEY
Accession Number: 00755106
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: How a household's travel behavior is influenced by its socioeconomic and land use factors has been a subject of interest for the development of travel demand forecasting models. This study investigates the relative importance of these factors based on the number of household daily trips and vehicle miles traveled (VMT). The travel data used in the study come from the 1994 Portland Activity-Based Travel Survey. In addition to income, vehicle ownership, and household size, other significant factors in household travel have been identified, such as the presence of car phones, dwelling type, home ownership, and even the length of resident's time in the current home. Most important, this study has qualitatively revealed that land use makes a big difference in household VMT, whereas its impact on the number of daily trips is rather limited. After controlling for the land use variables, such as density and land development balance, it appears that there is little difference in household income distribution among three different land use areas. The household life stage/lifestyle appears to be more relevant to the residence location. And the land use development of the residence location imposes the greatest impact on the household daily VMT. The results from this study provide some empirical evidence to the development of travel forecasting models. Especially by examining the relationship between land use and household travel, the results shed light on how to incorporate land use factors into comprehensive travel demand models that can be used by policy makers in evaluation of alternative land use policies. This study serves as a step toward more comprehensive studies on transportation and land use. The results presented represent a preliminary analysis of an extensive data set; considerable additional analysis is already in process.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1617, Land Use and Transportation Planning and Programming Applications.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Sun, X QWilmot, C GKasturi, TPagination: p. 10-17
Publication Date: 1998
Serial: ISBN: 0309064627
Features: Figures
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; Tables
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Oct 20 1998 12:00AM
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