Understanding emerging commuting trends in a weekly travel decision frame--implications for mega region transportation planning.

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• Creators:
  Zhang, Ming ; Chen, Binbin
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.) ; Texas
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Commuting
  • Travel behavior
  • Transportation planning
  • Decision making
  • Weekly
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SWUTC/11/161127-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  "National transportation statistics have shown the rise of long-distance, trans-regional commute ; (LDC/TRC) in the US. Four societal factors contribute to the trend: increase in dual earner households, ; advance in information and communications technologies, new concept of arranging work time weekly, ; and people's changing attitude towards travel. In the field of urban transportation planning, commuting ; has been studied in individual metropolitan areas in a one-day time frame. LDC/TRC traverse multiple ; metros and the commuting behavior cannot be better understood without going beyond the one-day ; convention. Studying LDC/TRC corresponds to the growing interest worldwide in planning for ; megaregions. Up to date, the phenomenon of weekly commuting has been explored only by a few ; European researchers in the fields of geography and sociology. ; This study analyzed LDC/TRC using national datasets available in the US. They are American Travel ; Survey, National Household Travel Survey, and Census Transportation Planning Package. Further ; detailed analyses were conducted for the Texas Triangle megaregion. The national travel surveys are ; helpful in portraying large pictures of LDC/TRC but limited in offering insights into LDC/TRC ; behavior. Based on the preliminary study, the next phase of the study will conduct qualitative research ; by interviewing selected LDC/TRC individuals in the Texas Triangle megaregion."
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  10727
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23694/dot_23694_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 657.77 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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