ASSESSMENT OF NATIONAL USE, CHOICE AND FUTURE PREFERENCE TOWARD THE AUTOMOBILE AND OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. VOLUME III: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF HOUSEHOLD CHOICE AMONG MOTOR VEHICLES

The volume presents an econometric model explaining the make, model, and vintage composition of individual household motor vehicle holdings in order to develop revealed preference estimates of the relative importance of vehicle cost, performance, and size. The empirical analysis is based on a national random sample of households.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Also available in set of 5 reports PC E18, PB80-204167.
• Corporate Authors:

  Cambridge Systematics, Incorporated

  100 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 400
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02140

  National Science Foundation

  Division of Policy and Analysis, 1800 G Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20550
• Publication Date: 1979-6-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 67 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Automobile ownership; Automobile travel; Automobiles; Consumer protection; Costs; Data collection; Demographics; Econometric models; Households; Mode choice; Mode S; Size; Surveys; Transportation; Travel patterns; Vehicle performance
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00318355
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NSF/PRA-7716108/4 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: NSF-C-PRA77-16108
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1981 12:00AM