SPECIFICATION OF A TOUR-BASED NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING MODEL

This article outlines neighborhood shopping travel demand model that is designed to incorporate decisions across five dimensions of shopping travel: household tour frequency; participating party; shopping tour type; mode, and destination choices using a tour-based nested-logit model. The authors also included the interrelated effects of three main factors associated with shopping travel decisions both within and outside of the neighborhood: the residential location within the neighborhood, the neighborhood regional setting and the household structure. The model was validated using the travel data collected in three neighborhoods located in the Puget Sound region, WA. The authors conclude that household socio-demographics have significant effects on the decisions for household tour frequency, mode and destination choices, while the characteristics of the traveling party have considerable impacts on the decisions for tour type. The level of service and the zone attractions influence decisions about mode and destination choices. The authors note that weekday versus weekend (day of the week variable) is statistically significant in all models, indicating that weekday shopping travel decisions differ from weekend, across all five dimensions of interest. The authors also include a discussion about how the model can be used to examine policy-related neighborhood issues such as accessibility. The authors emphasize that shopping travel behaviors are based on complex behaviors; they comprise several dimensions and all are conceivably interrelated with one another. One appendix outlines the estimation of travel time and travel cost variables.

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• Authors:
  • Limanond, T
  • Niemeier, D A
  • Mokhtarian, P L
• Publication Date: 2005-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 105-134
• Serial:
  • Transportation
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISSN: 0049-4488
  • EISSN: 1572-9435
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/11116

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Activity choices; Choice models; Decision making; Demographics; Neighborhoods; Route choice; Shopping trips; Travel behavior; Weekdays; Weekends
• Geographic Terms: Puget Sound Region
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00987515
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 17 2005 12:00AM