For the forecasting of activity-based travel demand, the representativeness of the base-year
synthetic population is critical to the accuracy of subsequent simulation outcomes. To date …

Most transportation research in the United States uses cross-sectional,“snapshot” data to
understand levels of car access. Might this cross-sectional approach mask considerable …

Access to cars and transit can influence individuals' ability to reach opportunities such as
jobs, health care, and other important activities. While access to cars and public transit …

Travel demands are derived from the needs and the desires for participating in various
activities, such as work, eating, and shopping. An understanding of the interaction between …

This study formulates a commuters' mode and route choice model as well as a households'
residential choice model on a two-dimensional space. The commuters' mode and route …

The past several years have seen tremendous developments in disaggregate travel-
demand models. The application of such models for predictions and policy evaluations …

In Oregon a Transportation Land Use Model Improvement Program was begun in the late
1990s, to provide the Oregon Department of Transportation better information for statewide …

This paper provides an initial outline of the household location modelling project which the
UK Department for Transport has commissioned as part of longer-term research into the …

Within the new development planning system in the UK, the regional planning authorities
take on a much stronger role in determining priorities through the regional spatial strategies …

Although the simplest type of microsimulation model, models based upon hypothetical data
can be very useful; largely often stemming from the simplicity of the approach. In this chapter …