Integrating parking behaviour in activity-based travel demand modelling: Investigation of the relationship between parking type choice and activity scheduling process

Traditionally, the parking choice/option is considered to be an important factor in only the mode choice component of a four-stage travel demand modelling system. However, travel demand modelling has been undergoing a paradigm shift from the traditional trip-based approach to an activity-based approach. The activity-based approach is intended to capture the influences of different policy variables at various stages of activity-travel decision making processes. Parking is a key policy variable that captures land use and transportation interactions in urban areas. It is important that the influences of parking choice on activity scheduling behaviour be identified fully. This paper investigates this issue using a sample data set collected in Montreal, Canada. Parking type choice and activity scheduling decision (start time choice) are modelled jointly in order to identify the effects of parking type choice on activity scheduling behaviour. Empirical investigation gives strong evidence that parking type choice influences activity scheduling process. The empirical findings of this investigation challenge the validity of the traditional conception which considers parking choice as exogenous variable only in the mode choice component of travel demand models.

• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856411001479
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Nurul Habib, Khandker M
  • Morency, Catherine
  • Trepanier, Martin
• Publication Date: 2012-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 154-166
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 46
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Activity choices; Behavior; Decision making; Land use; Land use planning; Parking; Travel demand; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Activity scheduling
• Geographic Terms: Montreal (Canada)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01359096
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 16 2011 2:48PM