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Household Travel/Activity Decisions: Who Wants To Travel?, Catherine T. Lawson
Household Travel/Activity Decisions: Who Wants To Travel?, Catherine T. Lawson
Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports
Researchers are using activity-based survey data to better understand the nature of the derived demand for travel. However, a strong theoretical construct for derived demand has yet to be developed. In order to understand the ramifications of considering travel as a derived demand, it is necessary to review some of the basic tenets of economics.
Some activities require travel (i.e. shopping or picking up children from daycare), while others are conducted entirely within the confines of the home. There is a set of activities that can be conducted either in or out of the home. A need to travel arises …