RECREATIONAL TRIP CHARACTERISTICS AND TRAVEL PATTERNS

THE NEED TO CHARACTERIZE RECREATIONAL TRIPS, TO DEFINE TRIP PURPOSES, AND TO DETERMINE FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INFLUENCING FACTORS AND RECREATIONAL TRAFFIC PATTERNS IS WELL RECOGNIZED AMONG TRANSPORTATION AND RECREATION PLANNERS. SEVEN RECREATIONAL TRIP PURPOSES WHICH ARE CHARACTERISTIC FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THIS STUDY: CAMPING TRIPS, HUNTING TRIPS, FISHING TRIPS, FISITING BEACHES AND CLAMMING, SNOW SKIING, DRIVING FOR PLEASURE AND SIGHTSEEING, AND OTHERS. THE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN PERFORMED BASICALLY FOR THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF RECREATIONAL TRIPS. THE IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS INFLUENCING RECREATIONAL TRIP DISTRIBUTION REVEALED THAT THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF A RECREATION AREA AS PERCEIVED BY THE USER IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT FACTOR. THE ANALYSIS FURTHER INDICATED THAT THE TRAVEL TIME BETWEEN TRIP-PRODUCTION AND TRIP-ATTRACTION ZONES HAS A SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE ON THE DISTRIBUTION PATTERN OF RECREATION TRIPS.

• Record URL:
  http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/research/reports/fullreports/011.2.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • REP NO 11.2
• Corporate Authors:

  Washington State Department of Highways

  Olympia, WA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Leonhardt
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 51 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Recreation; Recreational facilities; Travel patterns; Travel time; Trip distribution; Trip purpose
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00228446
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 15 1974 12:00AM