RURAL RECREATIONAL TRAVEL IN KENTUCKY

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY FOR PREDICTING TRAVEL PATTERNS ON ROUTES LEADING TO OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL AREAS IN KENUTCKY. DATA WERE COLLECTED BY MEANS OF A LICENSE-PLATE, ORIGIN-DESTINATION SURVEY AT 160 SITES WITHIN 42 RECREATIONAL AREAS AND BY MEANS OF A CONTINUOUS VEHICLE COUNTING PROGRAM AT EIGHT OF THESE SITES. RESULTS INDICATE THAT THE METHOD OF ASSOCIATING SIMILAR FACILITIES IS A RELIABLE PROCEDURE FOR PREDICTING TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS. VEHICLE OCCUPANCY WAS FOUND TO DEPEND ON THE TYPE OF RECREATION AREA, DISTANCE TRAVELED, AND VEHICLE TYPE. PERCENTAGES OF VARIOUS VEHICLE TYPES WERE ALSO INFLUENCED BY THE TYPE OF RECREATIONAL AREAS AND THE DISTANCE TRAVELED. IN GENERAL, TRIP LENGTHS WERE QUITE SHORT, AS EVIDENCED BY THE FACT THAT 60 PERCENT OF ALL VEHICLES TRAVELED LESS THAN 50 MILES. ANALYSIS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF TRAFFIC OVER TIME VERIFIED THAT RECREATIONAL TRAVEL IS MUCH MORE HIGHLY PEAKED THAN OTHER FORMS OF HIGHWAY TRAVEL. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1972.342
• Supplemental Notes:
  • 1 APP
• Corporate Authors:

  Kentucky Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Highways
  Frankfort, KY  United States  40601
• Authors:
  • Pigman, J G
• Publication Date: 1972-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 27 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 342

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Origin and destination; Recreation; Travel; Travel patterns; Travel time; Trip length; Vehicle classification
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00228365
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Res Rept
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 19 1973 12:00AM