VARIATION OF TRAVEL BEHAVIOR IN ALTERNATIVE NETWORK AND LAND USE STRUCTURES

This paper presents an empirical evaluation of household travel behavior directed toward the assessment of the impacts of varying network and land use structures on the ability of individuals to interact with their environment. The underlying research hypothesis is that travel behavior is influenced by the transportation and land use systems and the interaction between these two systems. These collective influences, herein referred to as the land use-transportation system (LUTS), fundamentally constrain the activities in which individuals participate by affecting the temporal and spatial makeup of the activity system. It is this relationship between household activity demands and variations in the LUTS, and the resulting travel behavior, that is the focus of this study.