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原文传递 LONG-DISTANCE TRAVEL BY LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

题名：	LONG-DISTANCE TRAVEL BY LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
作者：	Mallett-WJ
关键词：	Adults-; Aged-; American-Travel-Survey; Children-; Demographics-; Intercity-travel; Low-income-groups; Origin-and-destination; Travel-behavior; Travel-surveys
摘要：	Local transportation mobility problems among low-income households are relatively well researched, but much less is known about intercity (or long-distance) travel by these households. While not as important as daily local travel, long-distance trips are often necessary to visit distant family and friends--sometimes to take care of them--to attend family functions such as weddings and funerals, and for rest and relaxation, sightseeing, and other personal recreational and developmental needs. Such travel is particularly acute around the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's holidays. Business travel is another important component of long-distance travel. The dearth of research on long-distance travel derives in part from lack of data, a problem overcome with results from the 1995 American Travel Survey (ATS). Conducted for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics by the Bureau of the Census, the ATS collected information on the origin, destination, volume, and characteristics of long-distance travel from approximately 80,000 households in the United States in 1995. This paper examines the long-distance travel behavior of low-income households in comparison with higher income households using the ATS. The paper begins with a description of how households were classified into income groups and the demographic and geographical characteristics of low-income people. This is followed by an analysis of the travel behavior of individuals from low-income households. Because a disproportionate share of people in low-income households are children and the elderly (65 or older) and these groups travel less than adults under 65, the paper includes a separate examination of adults under 65, adults 65 and older, and children.
总页数：	Conference Title: Personal Travel: The Long and Short of It. Location: Washington, D.C. Sponsored by: Transportation Research Board Committee on Travel Survey Methods (A1D10) and Committee on National Transportation Data Requirements and Programs (A5016)
报告类型：	科技报告