A MODEL OF COMMUTING TO LONDON

THE REPORT DESCRIBES AN EXAMINATION INTO THE OPERATIONAL LIMITATIONS OF AREAL BASED REGRESSION MODELS OF COMMUTING. USING ONLY READILY AVAILABLE AND PREDICTABLE VARIABLES AS A DATA BASE, A SIMPLE MODEL OF COMMUTING FROM BEYOND GREATER LONDON TO THE CENTRAL AREA IS CONSTRUCTED FOR THE YEARS 1961 AND 1966. AN EVALUATION IS THEN MADE OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE RESULTING EQUATIONS ACTUALLY REPRESENT HOMOGENEOUS AND PREDICTABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF METROPOLITAN COMMUTING.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • GLC RES MEMO 394
• Corporate Authors:

  Greater London Council

  County Hall
  London SE1 7PB,   England 
• Authors:
  • Smith, G
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 38 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuters; Equations; Mathematical models; Regression analysis; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00228474
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: R & D Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 16 1982 12:00AM