URBAN PASSENGER TRAVEL DEMAND ESTIMATION: A HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITY APPROACH

K Munshi

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1993

Subject Area

operations - traffic, ridership - demand, place - urban

Keywords

Urban travel, Trip generation, Travel models (Travel demand), Travel demand, Traffic generation, Passengers, Households

Abstract

The absence of a structural relationship between trip generation and transportation supply characteristics has been seen as a major drawback of conventional transportation demand models. We respond to this criticism by developing a model of household activity demand that underlies and generates transportation demand. Time is considered as an argument in an activity utility function that the individual attempts to maximize, subject to a time-budget constraint. Transportation system improvements relax the time-budget constraint, providing opportunities for additional nonhome activities, with a corresponding generation of trips. Trip generation is found to be insensitive to transportation system performance in the short run.

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Transportation Research Part A Home Page: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

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