Differences in Travel Behavior Across Population Sectors in Jerusalem, Israel

The population of Jerusalem, Israel, can be divided into three distinct ethnic sectors: secular Jewish, ultra-Orthodox Jewish, and Arab. Not only do these population sectors tend to inhabit and work in different areas of the city, but they each have unique household structures, activity patterns, mobility tendencies, and, ultimately, travel behavior. These substantial variations in behavior, largely driven by differences in culture and lifestyle that are not captured by other personal characteristics, are essential to representing travel behavior in the Jerusalem travel model. In this paper, sector differences were traced through the activity-based travel demand model framework by using the 2010 Jerusalem Household Travel Survey. Significant variations in behavior were seen both in direct relation to the population sector and in interactions with other socioeconomic and demographic characteristics such as income and gender. This is the first known travel demand model in practice to incorporate ethnic differences so extensively in its application.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.3141/2495-07
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780309369565
• Authors:
  • Vyas, Gaurav
  • Bernardo, Christina
  • Vovsha, Peter
  • Givon, Danny
  • Birotker, Yehoshua
  • Bluer, Eitan
  • Mossek, Amir
• Publication Date: 2015

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 65–73
• Monograph Title: Travel Behavior, Volume 1
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2495
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Activity choices; Culture (Social sciences); Demographics; Ethnic groups; Mobility; Socioeconomic factors; Travel behavior; Travel demand; Travel surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Lifestyle
• Geographic Terms: Jerusalem
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01557811
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309369565
• Report/Paper Numbers: 15-4118
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 25 2015 4:21PM