Regularity and irreversibility of weekly travel behavior Introduction Dutch mobility panel data Dynamics of household and person attributes Regularity at the aggregate level Regularity of activity participation Activity participation by day of the week Similarity in weekly patterns between the waves Persistence of activity participation Irreversibility of travel responses Conclusion Acknowledgement Notes References

Dynamic characteristics of travel behavior are analyzed in this paper using weekly travel diaries from two waves of panel surveys conducted six months apart. An analysis of activity engagement indicates the presence of significant regularity in weekly activity participation between the two waves. Th...

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Published inTransportation (Dordrecht) Vol. 14; no. 3; p. 227
Main Authors Kitamura, Ryuichi, TOON VAN DER HOORN
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Springer Nature B.V 01.07.1987
Subjects
Adults
Behavior
Diaries
Employment
Households
Hypotheses
Part time employment
Participation
Travel
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Summary:Dynamic characteristics of travel behavior are analyzed in this paper using weekly travel diaries from two waves of panel surveys conducted six months apart. An analysis of activity engagement indicates the presence of significant regularity in weekly activity participation between the two waves. The analysis also shows a general lack of association between regularity in activity participation and change in person and household attributes, suggesting the presence of behavioral inertia or response lags. It is further shown that observed trip rates do not exhibit patterns that would be observed if travel behavior had no response lag and no history dependence. The results point to the needs for models that are capable of representing these aspects of travel behavior.
ISSN:0049-4488
1572-9435