LATENT TRAVEL DEMANDS OF THE HANDICAPPED AND ELDERLY

In every urban area there are large numbers of elderly and handicapped persons whose mobility needs are not being met by existing transportation systems. Consequently, this part of the population is being denied, in varying degrees, access to essential services and active participation in urban life. In this paper an hierarchical approach is proposed for measuring latent demand and is applied to interview data from a sample of elderly and handicapped persons. Three types of demand are measured: total demand for activity participation, latent demand for activity participation, and latent demand for transportation. The effects of handicap status and socioeconomic variables on these demands are analyzed, and the importance of various activities to a respondent's life-style is examined. A profile of the respondents and their existing travel habits is also presented. /Author/

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• Authors:
  • Miller, Joel A
• Conference:
  • 55th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1976-1-19 to 1976-1-23
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 7-12
• Monograph Title: Transportation issues: the disadvantaged, the elderly, and citizen involvement
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 618
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Demand; Interviewing; Mobility; Persons with disabilities; Socioeconomic factors; Transportation; Travel demand; Travel patterns; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Latent demand
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163598
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309025974
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM