Influence of Residential Location
Changes on Travel Behavior
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PROJECT TEAM [ back to top ]
M. G. McNally <mmcnally@uci.edu>
Elizabeth Geho <egeho@uci.edu>
Yu Zhang <yzhang@uci.edu>
Angie Koos

Institute of Transportation Studies and
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of California Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-3600 USA

Funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation and California Department of Transportation via UCTC.

July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2003

PROJECT ABSTRACT [ back to top ]
There are certain fundamental transportation problems that have remained problems, in part, due to an inability to effectively collect the data necessary to address the problem. One such problem involves the "learning" process by which a household re-locating into a new neighborhood evolves new household activity patterns. More specifically, when a household relocates, what are the immediate and longer term impacts on travel behavior of the local activity and transportation systems? How do household travel patterns evolve? While simple logic suggests that new alternatives will be available for travel and activity decision-making, what are these choices and how does knowledge of these choices evolve.

This project proposes to use technologies developed in prior UCTC, PATH, and Testbed research projects to facilitate the observation of a small number of households re-locating from other areas in Orange County, CA to selected new home developments in Irvine. We will install in-vehicle GPS/Wireless Communication units in all household vehicles to measure specific vehicle use for a multi-day period prior to moving, upon re-locating, and a few months after relocating to Irvine. We will also have the sampled households use REACT!, an computer-based survey research software developed in prior UCTC research, to record their household activities during this same period. We will utilize GIS-based data sets depicting both the local activity-systems and transport networks. Together, this data will enable us to address the immediate changes in travel behavior upon relocation, and to assess the evolution of stability in this behavior over time.
RESEARCH APPROACH [ back to top ]
RELATED PROJECTS [ back to top ]
  • REACT! - A Web-based Travel/Activity Survey
  • Tracer - An In-vehicle GPS-based Tracking System
  • ZEV•NET - A Shared-use Station Car Program
REPORTS AND PAPERS [ back to top ]
Last Updated: 09 July 2003 [ back to top ]
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