Long-Distance Travel and Social Network Geography
项目名称: Long-Distance Travel and Social Network Geography
摘要: The thesis project will advance basic knowledge of the long-distance and intercity travel behavior in order to inform more sustainable transportation planning. Long-distance travel currently accounts for few trips but many miles, including air miles in the overall system. Some estimates are as high as 30% of the miles and thus energy used in the transportation system are for intercity trips. While thought leaders have proposed that social network geography is expanding and that this relates to longer trips and travel, very limited data have been collected. Few social network researchers incorporate physical location of contacts into their work opting instead for measurement of emotional closeness and face-to-face contact frequency. Long distance travel is difficult to measure and improvements to survey methods will be pursued in this project. The overall objective of this project is to increase understanding of the relationship between social network geography and long-distance travel. �Big Data� may be used to assess annual activity spaces. On-line survey instruments may be used to collect data on social network geography and levels of travel. The survey effort builds on a pilot effort implemented in a prior NCST project.
状态: Completed
资金: 60000
资助组织: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
管理组织: UVM Transportation Center
项目负责人: Iacobucci, Lauren
执行机构: UVM Transportation Center
主要研究人员: Howerter, Sarah
开始时间: 20170901
预计完成日期: 20191031
实际结束时间: 20190731
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