Analysis of Commute Atlanta Instrumented Vehicle GPS Data: Destination Choice Behavior and Activity Spaces

The Commute Atlanta Instrumented Vehicle Global Positioning System (GPS) Data is currently the longest running data source available for the comprehensive analysis of individual trip and activity demand. Among other exciting research opportunities for mobility analysis, the longitudinal data have opened the field for testing hypotheses developed for describing human spatial behavior over time. This paper provides an overview of how the unique GPS data can be used in travel behavior analysis. At the same time, the paper provides analytical results of destination choice and activity spaces assessed for a one-year travel period. The investigation focuses on the enumeration of trips and unique locations visited over time which is employed as a straightforward way to reveal spatio-temporal patterns of travel behavior. It offers new insights into the nature of stability, innovation, and variety seeking in locational choice.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Guensler, Randall L
  • Li, Hainan
  • Ogle, Jennifer H
  • Axhausen, Kay W
  • Schönfelder, Stefan
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2006-1-22 to 2006-1-26
• Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 27p
• Monograph Title: TRB 85th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Activity choices; Behavior; Communications; Global Positioning System; Instrumented vehicles; Mobility; Mode choice; Route choice; Stability analysis; Travel time
• Geographic Terms: Atlanta (Georgia)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01020877
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 06-1983
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 3 2006 10:50AM