Intrahousehold Car-Type Choice for Different Travel Needs

A new generation of travel demand models based on individual microsimulation of activities and travel has opened the way for more detailed analysis and modeling of vehicle use. However, the first activity-based models—those applied in practice as well as activity-based model systems developed as research projects—inherited the simplified approach to car allocation and use with no distinction between vehicle types and certainly no explicit modeling of allocation and use of individual vehicles by household members. Structural modeling of car use by vehicle type is essential for air quality and other environmental issues. Further developments of more elaborate policies (toll roads, area pricing, parking restrictions, etc.) that could be differentiated by vehicle size, type, and occupancy are also foreseen. The current study outlines a modeling approach to this issue that can be incorporated into the framework of an operational travel model, as well as reports on the results of estimation for a model of car-type choice based on a comprehensive household survey undertaken in the Atlanta, Georgia, region in 2001.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.3141/1985-23
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• Summary URL:
  • http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Intrahousehold+Car-Type+Choice+for+Different+Travel+Needs&author=E.+Petersen&author=P.+Vovsha&publication_year=2006
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• Authors:
  • Petersen, Eric
  • Vovsha, Peter
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 207-219
• Monograph Title: Traveler Behavior and Values 2006
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 1985
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Choice models; Households; Transportation policy; Travel by vehicle type; Travel surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Activity based modeling; Car allocation (Households); Vehicle choice
• Geographic Terms: Atlanta (Georgia)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01024649
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309099951
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: May 25 2006 7:56AM