Our long-awaited report: Travel Behavior Over Time, is now officially published.
Summary:
Using detailed travel surveys (the Travel Behavior Inventory) conducted by the Metropolitan Council of the Minneapolis/Saint Paul (Twin Cities) Region in Minnesota for 1990, 2000-2001, and 2010-2011, this report conducts an analysis of changes in travel behavior over time. Specifically looking at changes in travel duration, time, use, and accessibility; telecommuting and its relationship with travel and residential choices; transit service quality and transit use; effects of age and cohort; and changes in walking and bicycling. Much has changed in this period, including the size of the region, demographics, economics, technology, driver licensing, and preferences, examining in turn the effects of investment, development, and population change on behaviors for the Minneapolis-St. Paul region as a whole and for areas within the region. While this research cannot hope to untangle all of the contributing factors, it aims to increase understanding of what did happen, with some explanation of why. This will inform transportation engineers, planners, economists, analysts, and decision makers about the prospective effects of future changes to networks, land use, and demographics while also evaluating the effects of previous network investments.
Thanks to the full team of authors David Levinson, Greg Lindsey, Yingling Fan, Jason Cao, Michael Iacono, Martin Brosnan, Andrew Guthrie, and Jessica Schoner, The MnDOT and CTS staff, and the 25 member Technical Advisory Panel.
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Contents
Chapter 1 Accessibility and the Allocation of Time: Changes in Travel Behavior 1990-2010
Chapter 2 Telecommuting and its relationships with travel and residential choices: An exploration of the 2000 and 2010 regional travel surveys in the Twin Cities
Chapter 3 Transit Service Quality and Transit Use
Chapter 4 Cohort Analysis of Travel Behavior
Chapter 5 Biking and Walking Over Time
Appendix A Development of the Travel Behavior Over Time Database
Appendix B Additional Tables and Figures
Appendix C Glossary and Acronyms
David Levinson, Transportist 