Travel and activity time allocation: An empirical comparison between eight cities in Europe

Charles Raux, Tai-Yu Ma, Iragaël Joly, Vincent Kaufmann, Eric Cornelis and Nicolas Ovtracht

Transport Policy, 2011, vol. 18, issue 2, 401-412

Abstract: A study of daily time allocation to travel and out-of-home activity is conducted across eight European cities over three countries: France (Lyon, Grenoble, Strasbourg and Rennes), Switzerland (Geneva, Bern and Zurich) and Belgium (Brussels), based on individual travel survey data collected between 1997 and 2006. The effects of socio-demographic, spatial context, transport availability and city-specific variables are investigated thanks to the Cox proportional hazard model. The results indicate that socio-demographic characteristics and city (or country) specific effect play a major role while residential density and proximity to high level road or public transport networks have a very limited impact on time budgets for travel and out-of-home activities.

Keywords: Travel; Activity; Time; allocation; Cities; Europe; Duration; model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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