An activity pattern – destination land use choice model of low income households of informal settlements – Case study of Delhi

Various transportation studies carried out in India, while estimating the travel demand, do not take into consideration the travel characteristics of different income groups. The conventional transportation travel demand model lacks the ability to address the travel needs of the urban poor. This paper explores the factors influencing the travel destinations of urban poor living in informal settlements and finds that travel times have a significant negative impact on the choice to travel and influences the choice of the destinations. The study also finds that the inhabitants of informal settlements are adversely affected by urban policies that displace them and rehabilitate them far from their employment opportunities and that the travel characteristics of low income households living in informal settlements are significantly different from higher income households.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2016.01.017
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856416000264
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Sadhu, S L N Sarma
  • Tiwari, Geetam
• Publication Date: 2016-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 265-275
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 85
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Choice models; Households; Land use models; Low income groups; Relocation (Facilities); Travel costs; Travel patterns; Travel time; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Destinations; Human settlements; Tour-based models
• Geographic Terms: Delhi (India)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01597690
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 4 2016 3:47PM