HOUSEHOLD STRATIFICATION MODELS FOR TRAVEL SIMULATION

Household stratification models are needed to meet the data requirements of the increasingly popular disaggregate approach for travel simulation in transportation studies. The results of various tests related to the dependence of auto-ownership on household size indicated that, for the sake of simplifying the application modles, auto-ownership can be assumed to be independent of household size. However, the areawide relationship of auto-ownership with household size can be incorporated in the model by appropriate weighting. The urgent need and scope for developing synthetic or theoretical models for household stratification because of the increasing trend of using small sample origin-destination surveys are discussed. The data requirements and factors related to the forecasts of household characteristics also are analyzed and it is pointed out that the curves of a model may be adjusted based on judgment if the distribution of a household characteristic, with respect to the zonal average values of the same characteristic, is expected to change in the future.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/8674831
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Chatterjee, A
  • Khasnabis, S
  • Slade, L J
• Publication Date: 1977-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 199-213
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering
  • Volume: 103
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-947X
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile ownership; Households; Mathematical models; Origin and destination; Stratification; Traffic surveys
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152724
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM