Abstract

Modeling the impact of Virtual trips on EV buyers
Track: Transportation
Authors: Gil Tal, Michael Nicholas

Spatial and temporal constraints are extremely important in understanding location decision and travel behavior. Potential trips, or virtual trips, are trips that are not performed but impact travel behavior because of the need to be ready to travel. Potential trips results from the probability for an unplanned occasions such as family emergency, children problem at school, alder family member health needs, business rerated unplanned activity or similar . The need to be ready to make these trips may change the location of activity, travel mode, vehicle fuel type (not limited range electric car), timing and route choice and more. We measure those potential trips using a web-map survey and a three days travel diary. We use network analysis tools to estimate daily travel and the network distance to the potential trips destinations. By modeling the impact of potential trips we can add a new constrain layer to travel behavior.