Citation

Supernak J, Talvitie A, DeJohn A. Transp. Res. Rec. 1983; 944: 74-83.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

A person-category model of trip generation is presented as an alternative to household-based trip-generation models. In this model a homogeneous group of persons is used as an analysis unit. The final description of the per10n categories is not arbitraw but results from the multistage, multivariate analysis of meny potentially significant variables. The variables age, employment status, and automobile availability were found to be the most significant descriptors of a person's mobility. The final version of the model is based on eight parson categories. Both theoretical discussion and empirical findings favor the proposed version of the person-category model over household-based models because it is more practical at the forecast stage, requires significantly lass data, has better behavioral background, and is more compatible with the entire system of individually oriented trsve!-demand models.

Language: en