Citation

Yai T, Yamada H, Okamoto N. Transp. Res. Rec. 1995; 1493: 29-38.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

The Nationwide Recreation Travel Survey (NRTS) was conducted by the Ministry of Construction in Japan in 1992. It covered the nine regions of Japan and collected more than 30,000 samples through home-based surveys and nearly 13,000 samples from recreation site surveys. Before the survey, recreational activities had been investigated by smaller-scale surveys (one-tenth the size of NRTS) every 2 years. The survey is expected to provide fundamental and useful information for suburban highway planning. Whereas road investment plans conventionally have been based on future weekday traffic volumes, several roads in suburban areas have become heavily congested on weekends. The prediction of weekend travel will have a more important role in road planning. The characteristics of recreational travel by car should be examined to gain valuable insight into highway planning in recreational areas. After survey profiles were summarized recreational travel demand models for trip generation and trip distribution were developed using an aggregated regression model and a disaggregate model. Finally, fruitful data sources and sufficient modeling applicabilities are provided.

Record URL:
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1995/1493/1493-004.pdf

Language: en

Keywords

Mathematical models; Regression analysis; Highway traffic control; Motor transportation; Highway planning; Traffic surveys