VARIATIONS IN TRAVEL BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN AREAS OF DIFFERENT POPULATION DENSITY

Analysis of data from the National Travel Survey 1972-3 indicates that as population density increases, (a) the total number of stages per person remains constant; (b) the average stage distance is less; (c) travel is slower; (d) the use of private transport decreases the effects combine in such a way that; (e) the average time taken per stage for each mode separately and in total is approximately constant; (f) the total amount of time spent on all travel per person is approximately constant. A mathematical model based on fairly simple economic principles is discussed, and although this is not yet fully compatible with the empirical findings, it seems to offer a possibly useful approach. /Author/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appears in "Urban Traffic Models", which is a publication containing the Proceedings of Seminar N of the Summer Annual Meeting at University of Warwick, England during July, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  Planning and Transport Res and Computation Co Ltd

  167 Oxford Street
  London W1R 1AH,   England 
• Authors:
  • Goodwin, P B
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 256-370
• Serial:
  • Publication of: IRCOBI SECRETARIAT
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economics; Mathematical models; Population; Public transit; Transportation; Travel
• Subject Areas: Economics; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148108
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: P122
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 23 1981 12:00AM