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An Analysis of Urban Area Travel by Time of Day.

PB247776

Publication Date	1972
Personal Author	Tittemore, L. H.; Birdsall, M. R.; Hill, D. M.; Hammond, R. H.
Page Count	312
Abstract	The temporal distribution of vehicular travel in eight U.S. urban areas, ranging in size from 100,000 to 3,500,000 population was analyzed. Graphical models were developed during the analysis and travel data in an example urban area, that of St. Louis, is presented in detail along with tabular and graphical outputs of data for each of the other cities. Programs were developed which summated the total number of persons in motion, and the total vehicle miles of travel occurring every tenth of an hour for a 24-hour period. In Phase A, five submodels were used to aggregate hourly travel into similar time groups, i.e., wee hours, morning, mid-day, afternoon, evening. In Phase B, area-wide traffic count data were used to determine total vehicle miles of travel occurring on various classes of highway, and at varying distances and orientations from the central core city, on directional and non-directional bases.
Keywords	Urban transportation Travel patterns Statistical analysis Urban areas Vehicular traffic Central city Limited access highways Rural areas Statistical distributions Missouri Time Time of day Saint Louis(Missouri) DOT/5L DOT/1A
Source Agency	Federal Highway Administration
NTIS Subject Category	91B - Transportation & Traffic Planning
Corporate Authors	Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., Boston, Mass.; Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C. Office of Highway
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197605
Contract Number	DOT-FH-11-7519

An Analysis of Urban Area Travel by Time of Day.

An Analysis of Urban Area Travel by Time of Day.
PB247776

Publication Date	1972
Personal Author	Tittemore, L. H.; Birdsall, M. R.; Hill, D. M.; Hammond, R. H.
Page Count	312
Abstract	The temporal distribution of vehicular travel in eight U.S. urban areas, ranging in size from 100,000 to 3,500,000 population was analyzed. Graphical models were developed during the analysis and travel data in an example urban area, that of St. Louis, is presented in detail along with tabular and graphical outputs of data for each of the other cities. Programs were developed which summated the total number of persons in motion, and the total vehicle miles of travel occurring every tenth of an hour for a 24-hour period. In Phase A, five submodels were used to aggregate hourly travel into similar time groups, i.e., wee hours, morning, mid-day, afternoon, evening. In Phase B, area-wide traffic count data were used to determine total vehicle miles of travel occurring on various classes of highway, and at varying distances and orientations from the central core city, on directional and non-directional bases.
Keywords	Urban transportation Travel patterns Statistical analysis Urban areas Vehicular traffic Central city Limited access highways Rural areas Statistical distributions Missouri Time Time of day Saint Louis(Missouri) DOT/5L DOT/1A
Source Agency	Federal Highway Administration
NTIS Subject Category	91B - Transportation & Traffic Planning
Corporate Authors	Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., Boston, Mass.; Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C. Office of Highway
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197605
Contract Number	DOT-FH-11-7519