Trip rate comparison of workplace and household surveys /

associated with the home.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Endres, Stephen Michael, 1971-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1997.
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Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:associated with the home.
characteristics are obtained. The traveling characteristics
comparing the trip rates of workers found in the two
concluded that people remember more non-work trips associated
different surveys, household and workplace. Trip rates were
do not account for all trips. This thesis presents the
find where trips are missed in household and workplace travel
found for all trip types- home based work (HBW), home based
From travel surveys, the general public's traveling
missed because people do not remember all of their trips.
modeling, to predict the traffic on street networks. One
non-work (HBNW), and non-home based (NHB) trips. The thesis
of people allow transportation planners, through computer
of the two surveys, missing trips were found. Trips are
problem with travel surveys is missing trips. Travel surveys
results of a study comparing household travel surveys with
surveys. By finding the differences between the trip rates
This thesis tries to account for the missing trips by
Travel surveys are the foundation of traffic predictions.
with the place or location of the survey. If a person is at
work, he will remember more non-work trips associated with
work. If at home, a person will remember more non-work trips
workplace travel surveys. The objective for the study was to
Item Description:"Major subject: Civil Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:x, 117 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.