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Multiday GPS Travel Behavior Data for Travel Analysis: The Effect of Day-to-Day Travel Time Variability on Auto Travel Choices
Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations
  • Jennifer Dill, Portland State University
  • Joseph Broach, Portland State University
  • Kate Deutsch-Burgne
  • Yanzhi Xu
  • Randall Guensler
  • David Levinson, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
  • Wenyun Tang, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Subjects
  • Choice of transportation -- Decision making,
  • Commuting -- Forecasting,
  • Walking -- Forecasting,
  • Cycling -- Forecasting,
  • Urban transportation -- Planning
Abstract

This project explored the potential of archived multi-day GPS data to expand the understanding of travel-time reliability. While reliability is often observed and considered at the system or segment level, travel-time uncertainty is also experienced at the household and trip level. Any move toward incorporating reliability into regional travel models will necessitate a re-examination of travel-time variation at more disaggregate levels. The analysis uses multiday vehicle-based GPS data analyzed within the Transportation Secure Data Center (TSDC). There were three major goals for the research. The first goal was to consider the ways in which multiday GPS data could be translated into data on reliability. The second goal was to explore relationships between trip- and household-level travel-time reliability and related trip, household, network, and urban location factors. The third goal involved use of the topic of reliability as a case study to test the usefulness of the TSDC in its current form for academic research.

Description

The report was prepared for the Federal Highway Administration.

Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16938
Citation Information
Jennifer Dill, Joseph Broach, Kate Deutsch-Burgne, Yanzhi Xu, et al.. "Multiday GPS Travel Behavior Data for Travel Analysis: The Effect of Day-to-Day Travel Time Variability on Auto Travel Choices" (2014)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jennifer_dill/106/