The Creation of Simulated Household Travel Survey Data Based on Available Demographic Data from Households

In the approach that is the subject of this paper, the household demographics are assumed to be available from some exogenous source. Given the demographic characteristics, the idea is to simulate the daily travel of the household, in terms that are useful for estimating models of travel demand. This approach provides a simulation of what might be expected that a household with certain demographic characteristics would have provided in response to a household travel survey. To accomplish this, two basic elements are needed: a source of real household data with sufficient demographic detail, and a data set of travel characteristics of sufficient size and detail to permit the development of distribution of the characteristics for different subgroups of the population. Assuming that this approach is valid, then forecasting demographics to the future should permit simulation of future travel patterns, assuming that the underlying distributions of travel characteristics by household class remain stable. It may even be possible to develop a method to predict changes in these distributions that would further improve the prediction of future travel.

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• Authors:
  • Stopher, Peter
  • Rose, John
  • Bullock, Phillip
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 183-205
• Monograph Title: Integrated Land-Use and Transportation Models: Behavioural Foundations

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demographics; Households; Simulation; Surveys; Travel demand; Travel patterns; Travel surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Household surveys
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01004214
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0080446698
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 28 2005 10:15AM