An integrated framework to jointly model decisions of activity time allocation and work-related travel. Issue 6 (18th August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fu, Xuemei; Juan, Zhicai
• Is Part Of: Transportation planning and technology. Volume 40:Issue 6(2017)
• Page Start: 689
• Page End: 705
• Publication Date: 2017-08-18
• Subjects: Activity-travel choice -- activity time allocation -- work-related travel -- mode-specific preference -- structural equation model -- decision-making; Transportation -- Periodicals; Transportation -- Research -- Periodicals; Local transit -- Periodicals; Transportation and state -- Periodicals; 388
• DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2017.1325145
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0308-1060

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Five activity-travel choice dimensions, including three activity time allocation decisions and two work-related travel choices, are jointly modeled using the structural equation model in order to accommodate the complex interactions among them. Via a two-step estimation approach, the behavioral pattern underlying activity-travel decisions is explicitly revealed. For example, it demonstrates the priority with respect to subsistence activity, maintenance activity, and recreation activity due to a limited time budget; and bus commuting behavior positively influences the time allocated to the maintenance activity. In addition, two attitudinal factors are constructed and confirmed to have important effects on the five behavioral dimensions, which contribute to reveal the decision-making process from the perspective of psychology. This comprehensive framework is expected to provide important implications for mobility management and urban planning.