AN EMPIRICAL MODEL OF TRAVEL AND ACTIVITY CHOICE: A CASE STUDY FOR THE NETHERLANDS
The development of a travel demand model which takes into account the fact that travel is a derived demand, is described. Travel as such does not supply utility, but is a necessary complement to the performance of activities at different places at different times. Therefore, to model travel behaviour adequately, one needs insight into the local activity pattern of individuals. For this purpose an extremely suitable survey is available in the Netherlands: the activity diary survey of 1975 (repeated in 1980). Using this survey among 1300 people about activity time allocation across a full week activity choice models have been developed. This has been done for three groups of persons: working men, housewives, and working women, and for the workweek (Monday till Friday). For each quarter hour of an average workday the model predicts the distribution of a group of persons among activities and locations. By comparing the distribution for each quarter hour with that of the previous quarter hour the number of trips made can be derived. (TRRL)
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Corporate Authors:
Krips Repro
Kaapweg 6
Meppel, Netherlands -
Authors:
- van der Hoorn, AIJ
- Publication Date: 1983
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: 141 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Choice models; Data collection; Demand; Females; Forecasting; Households; Human beings; Mathematical models; Modal split; Surveys; Theses; Traffic assignment; Traffic surveys; Transportation modes; Travel; Travel behavior; Travel demand; Work trips
- Uncontrolled Terms: Activity; Models; Selection; Trip
- Geographic Terms: Netherlands
- ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 285: Demand (econ); 309: Household; 698: Journey; 621: Journey to work; 1787: Man; 6473: Mathematical model; 675: Modal split; 8078: Netherlands; 9072: Selection; 8597: Thesis; 679: Traffic assignment; 676: Traffic survey; 1145: Transport mode; 1788: Woman
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00399395
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 31 1986 12:00AM