| Title | Estimating the Effects of Urban Travel Policies |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 49269 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Dunbar, Frederick C. |
| Source | 196p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | Charles River Associates |
| Corporate Contributor |
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.); United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Secretary |
| Publisher | United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the Secretary |
| Publication Date | 19760401 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The report presents models and procedures for quick evaluation of transportation policy options on urban travel behavior. The methods described in this report can be used to estimate the travel demand effects of a wide variety of transportation policy instruments with currently available data in a matter of hours, or minutes, with the aid of a calculator. To evaluate the effects of a transportation policy, travel is separated into work and nonwork purposes. The work travel section of the report describes procedures for applying disaggregate logic models to generally available grouped data. To analyze the effects of policies on nonwork travel, a disaggregate travel demand model is estimated which is designed to be broadly applicable to a variety of planning and data contexts. Both the work and nonwork trip demand models and procedures are exercised on sets of policy issues which are of current interest, including gasoline taxes, parking restrictions, transit service improvements and the introduction of new modes. Where appropriate, travel demand elasticities with respect to level of service changes are computed. |
| Rosap ID | dot:10732 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10732 |
| TRT Terms | Behavior; Disaggregate analysis; Mathematical models; Economic elasticity; Estimating; Parking; Level of service; Gasoline; Parking facilities; Public transit; Urban transportation; Taxation; Taxes; Transportation policy; Travel demand; Travel patterns |
| General Subjects | Transportation models; Data; Services |
| Classification | NTL - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE; NTL - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE - Economic Impacts; NTL - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE - Funding; NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Economics and Finances; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| Contract Number | DOT-TSC-964 |
| Report Number | DOT-TSC-OST-76-10 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/49000/49200/49269/DOT-TSC-OST-76-10.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |