Defining and Understanding Trip Chaining Behaviour

This study investigates trip chaining behavior and its occurrence in everyday travel in an urban area. First, existing research in the field of trip chaining is reviewed. In particular, investigations into the definitions of trip chaining, the defined typologies of trip chains and the research questions that have been addressed are explored. This review of previous research into trip chaining facilitates the following tasks: the identification of the most useful questions to be addressed by this research; defining trip chaining and associated typologies and defining data structures to extract trip chaining information from the household travel surveys conducted in metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia. The definition and typology developed in this work was then used to extract trip-chaining information from a household travel diary survey conducted in Adelaide in 1999. The extracted trip chaining information was then used to investigate trip-chaining behavior by households. Among the findings, the research showed that most trip chains were simple and that that employer's business is the most chained activity. A greater proportion of trip chains were undertaken during weekdays than weekends. The type of trip chaining undertaken across age groups varies significantly, and households without vehicles undertake less complex trip chains than those with a car. Directions for future research are discussed.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-007-9134-8
• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Primerano, Frank
  • Taylor, Michael A P
  • Pitaksringkarn, Ladda
  • Tisato, Peter
• Publication Date: 2008-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 55-72
• Serial:
  • Transportation
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISSN: 0049-4488
  • EISSN: 1572-9435
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/11116

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Definitions; Literature reviews; Travel behavior; Travel surveys; Trip chaining
• Uncontrolled Terms: Typology
• Geographic Terms: Adelaide (Australia)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01084482
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 28 2008 8:08AM