Author : Peter R. Stopher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Book Synopsis Simulating Household Travel Survey Data in Metropolitan Areas by : Peter R. Stopher
Download or read book Simulating Household Travel Survey Data in Metropolitan Areas written by Peter R. Stopher and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Census data provide a rich range of socioeconomic characteristics from which it is shown that trip characteristics can be simulated. This report summarizes research into the simulation of the trips and trip characteristics for a random sample of households drawn from census data. The simulation source is the 1990 Public Use Micro-data Sample (PUMS) data from the 1990 Decennial Census of the United States. A set of categories is defined for the simulation that allows the development of significantly different statistical distributions of trip characteristics, using the 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS) data. Based on the census data, samples of households are obtained and their trip characteristics in terms of number of trips by purpose, mode, time of departure, and trip length are simulated, using a Monte Carlo type of simulation procedure. This is performed for three regions: Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas; and Salt Lake City, Utah.