VALUE OF TIME ON RECREATIONAL TRIPS

THIS NOTE PRESENTS SOME PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A STUDY OF TRIP GENERATION TO A NUMBER OF POPULAR HOLIDAY AREAS. ITS MAIN PURPOSE IS TO STIMULATATE DISCUSSION OF THE METHODOLOGY OUTLINED IN TIME RESEARCH NO. 1. IT CONSISTS OF 2 PARTS: THE FIRST DISCUSSES SOME PECULIARITIES OF HOLIDAY TRIPS TO DEVON, WHICH IT IS INTENDED TO SUBMIT TO A MORE VIGOROUS ANALYSIS AT A LATER STAGE OF THE STUDY, USING A VARIANT OF THE "COST ONCE DIFFERENCE" APPROACH TO MODAL SPLIT SUGGESTED BY EDWARD KAFKA. THE SECOND PART RELATES TO TRIPS TO THE YORKSHIRE DALES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SIMPLE MODEL TO RELATE TRIPS TO THAT NATIONAL PARK WITH THE DEMAND FOR AND COST OF TRIPS TO THE LAKE DISTRICT. SEE ALSO IRRD ABSTRACT NO 203623.

• Corporate Authors:

  Department of The Environment /UK

  /Highway Economics Unit
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Mansfield, N W
• Publication Date: 1969-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 13 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Mathematical models; Modal split; Recreation; Travel time; Trip generation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00228508
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: R & D Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 1 1974 12:00AM