This research aims to investigate the well-being implications of changes in activity-travel and t... more This research aims to investigate the well-being implications of changes in activity-travel and time-use patterns brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The study uses American Time Use Survey (ATUS) data from 2019 and 2020 to assess changes in activity-travel and time-use patterns. It applies two methods—a well-being scoring method and a time-poverty analysis method—to evaluate the impacts of these changes on society. The results show that individuals experienced diminished well-being during the pandemic even when their time-poverty statistics showed an improvement; this is because the pandemic did not allow individuals to pursue activities in a way that would enhance well-being. In general, well-being is positively associated with the pursuit of discretionary activities in the company of others in favored out-of-home locations. This explains why people have rapidly embraced traveling again in a post-pandemic era. At the same time, people desire more discretionary time (less time poverty); because the elimination of the commute contributes to this, workers are reluctant to return fully to the workplace. Planning processes need to account for a new normal in which activity-travel patterns will be increasingly shaped by the human desire to accumulate positive life experiences.
Warren, William D. (1988). "Impacts of Land Use on Mass Transit Development: A Comparison of Canb... more Warren, William D. (1988). "Impacts of Land Use on Mass Transit Development: A Comparison of Canberra and Springfield." Transportation Quarterly, 42(2). Watterson, W.T. (1985). Estimating Economic and Development Impacts of Transit Investments. Puget Sound Council of Governments.
Scholar Commons Citation Mathias, Rosemary G.; Chu, Xuehao; Hardin, Jennifer A.; Lachance, Laura ... more Scholar Commons Citation Mathias, Rosemary G.; Chu, Xuehao; Hardin, Jennifer A.; Lachance, Laura C.; Lu, J. John; Maas, Steven E.; Turner, Patricia A.; Ward, Beverly G.; Volinski, Joel M.; Pietrzyk, Michael C.; Cleland, Francis A.; and Polzin, Steven E., "A Proposal for Establishing a Senior Transportation Mobility Initiative at the University of South Florida" (1997). CUTR Research Reports. 9. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cutr_reports/9
This paper makes a two-fold contribution to the transportation modeling literature on long-distan... more This paper makes a two-fold contribution to the transportation modeling literature on long-distance pleasure travel. First, the paper highlights the importance of distinguishing travel for visiting friends and relatives (VFR) from other pleasure travel purposes (non-VFR or leisure). Based on a descriptive analysis of the 1995 American Travel Survey (ATS) data, VFR travel is found to be different from leisure travel in many ways, including the extent of travel (more than half of all long-distance pleasure travel is for VFR), extent of variety seeking in destination choices, distances traveled, time allocation, monetary expenditures, travel mode shares, trip frequency, seasonality of travel, and travel party size. Second, the paper formulates a household-level econometric model system for analyzing a suite of household-level annual long-distance pleasure travel choices, including annual long-distance pleasure time budget, annual destination choices for long-distance pleasure travel, a...
The contents of this document reflect the views of the authors, who are responsible for the facts... more The contents of this document reflect the views of the authors, who are responsible for the facts and the accuracy of the information presented herein. This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Research Institute Program, in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the contents or use thereof. SUBSCRIPTIONS Complimentary subscriptions can be obtained by contacting:
A strong consensus is emerging that changes in technology, environmental conditions, demographics... more A strong consensus is emerging that changes in technology, environmental conditions, demographics and associated travel choices, global trade and security, and transportation funding increase risks in long-range transportation planning. These factors are creating a need to develop a diverse set of alternative future scenarios that address these risks and their timing. This report summarizes the research that is presented in four previous technical memoranda that document the risks associated with these risk categories as a part of the update of the Florida Transportation Plan (FTP). In this report, we first define the terms associated with risk assessment, in particular, vulnerability, target/asset, threat, likelihood, consequences, and risk. We then summarize the risks associated with these uncertainties, vulnerabilities, assets affected, the level of vulnerability and the consequences associated with these five broad sources of transportation risk: population, demographics, and migration; economics and revenues; environment; technology; and global issues including security. We then explore the uncertainty leading to risk and the consequences for each of the five risks associated with the FTP: Return to Historic Growth, Rural Rediscovery, Global Trade Hub, Innovation Hub, and Risks on the Horizon. We develop a risk matrix for each of the five broad categories of risk that summarizes the likelihood, frequency, vulnerability, thresholds and consequences of risks. We end the document with examples of best practices from other U.S. states and recommendations for the FDOT to incorporate into the update of the FTP.
Public and private transportation sectors are seeking to understand future conditions so as to po... more Public and private transportation sectors are seeking to understand future conditions so as to position transportation services to function effectively and efficiently in this new context. The degree of change compels public leaders and private enterprise to rethink the Federal role in transportation going forward. A sober and serious study will enable Federal, State and local leadership to develop good programs, sound policy guidance and prudent financial priorities. This paper provides quantitative information about the effect of the crisis on different modes of transportation and discusses currently discernable critical issues. The paper is organized into the following sections: Background,
The contents of this report reflect the views of the author, who is responsible for the facts and... more The contents of this report reflect the views of the author, who is responsible for the facts and the accuracy of the information presented herein. This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation, University Research Institute Program, in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the contents or use thereof. ii 1. Report No. NCTR 57601-2, FDOT BD 549-3
In the United States, cars have increased their dominance over public transit. Overall, transit a... more In the United States, cars have increased their dominance over public transit. Overall, transit accounts for only about 2 percent of passenger trips in the United States and about 1 percent of passenger miles. Even in the developing world, transit has lost market share to cars. Public transit is struggling. As the world changes, public transit needs to reinvent itself.
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2005
During the past several decades significant changes in travel behavior in the United States have ... more During the past several decades significant changes in travel behavior in the United States have occurred. Evidence from the Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey series and the 2001 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) indicates that the average daily travel time per person has increased by 1.9 min per year between 1983 and 2001. The objective of this paper is to explore the growth of daily travel time expenditures. Changes in society, technology, incomes, attitudes, and sociodemographic and household structure have been hypothesized as having contributed to the travel time growth. This analysis explores those variables and their relationship to increases in travel time. Aggregate values are used to investigate the relationships between daily travel time expenditures and sociodemographic characteristics. This paper comments on the share of travel time growth that can be explained by the available variables and speculates on the implications of other factors on travel time ex...
This research aims to investigate the well-being implications of changes in activity-travel and t... more This research aims to investigate the well-being implications of changes in activity-travel and time-use patterns brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The study uses American Time Use Survey (ATUS) data from 2019 and 2020 to assess changes in activity-travel and time-use patterns. It applies two methods—a well-being scoring method and a time-poverty analysis method—to evaluate the impacts of these changes on society. The results show that individuals experienced diminished well-being during the pandemic even when their time-poverty statistics showed an improvement; this is because the pandemic did not allow individuals to pursue activities in a way that would enhance well-being. In general, well-being is positively associated with the pursuit of discretionary activities in the company of others in favored out-of-home locations. This explains why people have rapidly embraced traveling again in a post-pandemic era. At the same time, people desire more discretionary time (less time poverty); because the elimination of the commute contributes to this, workers are reluctant to return fully to the workplace. Planning processes need to account for a new normal in which activity-travel patterns will be increasingly shaped by the human desire to accumulate positive life experiences.
Warren, William D. (1988). "Impacts of Land Use on Mass Transit Development: A Comparison of Canb... more Warren, William D. (1988). "Impacts of Land Use on Mass Transit Development: A Comparison of Canberra and Springfield." Transportation Quarterly, 42(2). Watterson, W.T. (1985). Estimating Economic and Development Impacts of Transit Investments. Puget Sound Council of Governments.
Scholar Commons Citation Mathias, Rosemary G.; Chu, Xuehao; Hardin, Jennifer A.; Lachance, Laura ... more Scholar Commons Citation Mathias, Rosemary G.; Chu, Xuehao; Hardin, Jennifer A.; Lachance, Laura C.; Lu, J. John; Maas, Steven E.; Turner, Patricia A.; Ward, Beverly G.; Volinski, Joel M.; Pietrzyk, Michael C.; Cleland, Francis A.; and Polzin, Steven E., "A Proposal for Establishing a Senior Transportation Mobility Initiative at the University of South Florida" (1997). CUTR Research Reports. 9. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cutr_reports/9
This paper makes a two-fold contribution to the transportation modeling literature on long-distan... more This paper makes a two-fold contribution to the transportation modeling literature on long-distance pleasure travel. First, the paper highlights the importance of distinguishing travel for visiting friends and relatives (VFR) from other pleasure travel purposes (non-VFR or leisure). Based on a descriptive analysis of the 1995 American Travel Survey (ATS) data, VFR travel is found to be different from leisure travel in many ways, including the extent of travel (more than half of all long-distance pleasure travel is for VFR), extent of variety seeking in destination choices, distances traveled, time allocation, monetary expenditures, travel mode shares, trip frequency, seasonality of travel, and travel party size. Second, the paper formulates a household-level econometric model system for analyzing a suite of household-level annual long-distance pleasure travel choices, including annual long-distance pleasure time budget, annual destination choices for long-distance pleasure travel, a...
The contents of this document reflect the views of the authors, who are responsible for the facts... more The contents of this document reflect the views of the authors, who are responsible for the facts and the accuracy of the information presented herein. This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Research Institute Program, in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the contents or use thereof. SUBSCRIPTIONS Complimentary subscriptions can be obtained by contacting:
A strong consensus is emerging that changes in technology, environmental conditions, demographics... more A strong consensus is emerging that changes in technology, environmental conditions, demographics and associated travel choices, global trade and security, and transportation funding increase risks in long-range transportation planning. These factors are creating a need to develop a diverse set of alternative future scenarios that address these risks and their timing. This report summarizes the research that is presented in four previous technical memoranda that document the risks associated with these risk categories as a part of the update of the Florida Transportation Plan (FTP). In this report, we first define the terms associated with risk assessment, in particular, vulnerability, target/asset, threat, likelihood, consequences, and risk. We then summarize the risks associated with these uncertainties, vulnerabilities, assets affected, the level of vulnerability and the consequences associated with these five broad sources of transportation risk: population, demographics, and migration; economics and revenues; environment; technology; and global issues including security. We then explore the uncertainty leading to risk and the consequences for each of the five risks associated with the FTP: Return to Historic Growth, Rural Rediscovery, Global Trade Hub, Innovation Hub, and Risks on the Horizon. We develop a risk matrix for each of the five broad categories of risk that summarizes the likelihood, frequency, vulnerability, thresholds and consequences of risks. We end the document with examples of best practices from other U.S. states and recommendations for the FDOT to incorporate into the update of the FTP.
Public and private transportation sectors are seeking to understand future conditions so as to po... more Public and private transportation sectors are seeking to understand future conditions so as to position transportation services to function effectively and efficiently in this new context. The degree of change compels public leaders and private enterprise to rethink the Federal role in transportation going forward. A sober and serious study will enable Federal, State and local leadership to develop good programs, sound policy guidance and prudent financial priorities. This paper provides quantitative information about the effect of the crisis on different modes of transportation and discusses currently discernable critical issues. The paper is organized into the following sections: Background,
The contents of this report reflect the views of the author, who is responsible for the facts and... more The contents of this report reflect the views of the author, who is responsible for the facts and the accuracy of the information presented herein. This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation, University Research Institute Program, in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the contents or use thereof. ii 1. Report No. NCTR 57601-2, FDOT BD 549-3
In the United States, cars have increased their dominance over public transit. Overall, transit a... more In the United States, cars have increased their dominance over public transit. Overall, transit accounts for only about 2 percent of passenger trips in the United States and about 1 percent of passenger miles. Even in the developing world, transit has lost market share to cars. Public transit is struggling. As the world changes, public transit needs to reinvent itself.
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2005
During the past several decades significant changes in travel behavior in the United States have ... more During the past several decades significant changes in travel behavior in the United States have occurred. Evidence from the Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey series and the 2001 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) indicates that the average daily travel time per person has increased by 1.9 min per year between 1983 and 2001. The objective of this paper is to explore the growth of daily travel time expenditures. Changes in society, technology, incomes, attitudes, and sociodemographic and household structure have been hypothesized as having contributed to the travel time growth. This analysis explores those variables and their relationship to increases in travel time. Aggregate values are used to investigate the relationships between daily travel time expenditures and sociodemographic characteristics. This paper comments on the share of travel time growth that can be explained by the available variables and speculates on the implications of other factors on travel time ex...
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