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Assessing the Impact of Public Holidays on Travel Time Expenditure: Differentiation by Trip Motive
Cools, Mario; Moons, Elke; Wets, Geert
2010In Proceedings of the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM)
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Keywords :
public holidays; travel time expenditure; trip motive; zero-inflated Poisson regression
Abstract :
[en] The impact of public holidays on the underlying reasons of travel behavior, namely the activities people perform and the trips made, is seldom investigated. Therefore, in this paper the impact of public holidays on travel time expenditure in Flanders, differentiated by trip motive, is examined. The data used for the analysis stem from a household travel survey that was carried out in 2000. The main modeling approach that is employed is the zero-inflated Poisson regression approach, which explicitly takes into account the inherent contrast between travelers and non-travelers. The zero-inflated Poisson regression models yield findings that are harmonious with international literature: socio-demographic variables, temporal effects and transportation preferences contribute significantly in unraveling the variability of travel behavior. In particular it is shown that public holidays have a non-ignorable impact on daily travel behavior. Triangulation of both quantitative and qualitative techniques seems a solid roadway for further illumination of the underpinnings of travel behavior.
Research center :
Lepur : Centre de Recherche sur la Ville, le Territoire et le Milieu rural - ULiège
LEMA - Local Environment Management and Analysis
Disciplines :
Civil engineering
Special economic topics (health, labor, transportation...)
Author, co-author :
Cools, Mario  ;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Moons, Elke;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Wets, Geert;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Language :
English
Title :
Assessing the Impact of Public Holidays on Travel Time Expenditure: Differentiation by Trip Motive
Publication date :
2010
Event name :
89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
Event organizer :
Transportation Research Board of the National Academies
Event place :
Washington, United States - District of Columbia
Event date :
10-01-2010 to 14-01-2010
Audience :
International
Main work title :
Proceedings of the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM)
Publisher :
Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, United States - District of Columbia
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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