UNDERSTANDING THE GROWTH IN NON-WORK VMT

摘要: This report presents preliminary work to understand the apparent increase in non-work vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT) at household level. The first step was review available data on travel trends confirm that VMT is fact increasing. While sources provide convincing evidence of this trend, they are far from conclusive. next explore factors associated with households (demand side) and choices (supply side). exploration included an assessment trend each factor development hypotheses about its effect travel. last summarize findings existing models behavior what variables significantly impact direction. concludes a discussion questions remain research approaches may prove fruitful answering them.