Abstract
Adding Value to Travel Behavior Surveys: The Network Analyst Approach Track: Transportation Author(s): Kearey Smith This research paper will describe the GIS tools and methods used to examine travel patterns as reported in the Bay Area Travel Survey conducted in 2000 (BATS2000). BATS2000 provides a comprehensive picture of regional and subregional travel characteristics for more than 15,000 households and is the only database that allows analysts to examine the full picture of both work and nonwork travel patterns within the nine-county region. The BATS2000 survey contains detailed information on the precise origins and destinations of all trips including precise home locations for survey respondents. This level of detail is used to create travel behavior models based on point-to-point travel times and distances as opposed to zone to zone. This research paper will discuss the array of Network Analyst tools used to conduct analyses such as door-to-door distance measurements, walk/drive distance to nearest transit stop, and household-level neighborhood density and accessibility measurements, among many others. Kearey Smith Metropolitan Transportation Commission 101 8th street Oakland , CA 94607 US Phone: 5108175738 E-mail: ksmith@mtc.ca.gov |
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