IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/cdl/itsdav/qt20v0f1r8.html

Travel Demand Modeling and the Assessment of Environmental Impacts: A Literature Review

Author

Listed:
  • Kim, Keuntae
  • Byrd, Daniel
  • Handy, Susan

Abstract

The purpose of this literature review is to assess what is currently known about the ability of travel demand forecasting models (TDMs) to provide accurate forecasts for different types of transportation plans and projects with respect to different outcome measures of interest. The role of TDMs in assessing the implications of highway expansions for vehicle miles of travel (VMT) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is of particular interest given the current regulatory context. Relevant studies for this review were found using a variety of search terms in the Transport Research International Documentation (TRID) database and Google Scholar. The report reviewed the available studies with respect to the themes of limitations of the models, validity testing and sensitivity testing, and VMT forecasting. View the NCST Project Webpage

Suggested Citation

  • Kim, Keuntae & Byrd, Daniel & Handy, Susan, 2024. "Travel Demand Modeling and the Assessment of Environmental Impacts: A Literature Review," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series qt20v0f1r8, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis.
    • Handle: RePEc:cdl:itsdav:qt20v0f1r8
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/20v0f1r8.pdf;origin=repeccitec
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Yoram Shiftan & Moshe Ben-Akiva, 2011. "A practical policy-sensitive, activity-based, travel-demand model," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 47(3), pages 517-541, December.
    2. John Gliebe & Frank Koppelman, 2005. "Modeling household activity–travel interactions as parallel constrained choices," Transportation, Springer, vol. 32(5), pages 449-471, September.
    3. Moshe Givoni & Eda Beyazit & Yoram Shiftan, 2016. "The use of state-of-the-art transport models by policymakers – beauty in simplicity?," Planning Theory & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(3), pages 385-404, July.
    4. Rodier, Caroline J., 2009. "A Review of the International Modeling Literature: Transit, Land Use, and Auto Pricing Strategies to Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled and Greenhouse Gas Emissions," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series qt2jh2m3ps, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis.
    5. Tierra S. Bills, 2024. "Advancing the practice of regional transportation equity analysis: a San Francisco bay area case study," Transportation, Springer, vol. 51(3), pages 911-936, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. de Haas, M.C. & Scheepers, C.E. & Harms, L.W.J. & Kroesen, M., 2018. "Travel pattern transitions: Applying latent transition analysis within the mobility biographies framework," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 107(C), pages 140-151.
    2. Mofolasayo Adekunle, 2024. "Managing Traffic Congestion Pricing, the Associated Equity Issues, and Establishment of Sustainable Funding for Transportation Infrastructures," Logistics, Supply Chain, Sustainability and Global Challenges, Sciendo, vol. 15(2), pages 25-56.
    3. Naqavi, Fatemeh & Sundberg, Marcus & Västberg, Oskar Blom & Karlström, Anders & Hugosson, Muriel Beser, 2023. "Mobility constraints and accessibility to work: Application to Stockholm," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 175(C).
    4. Romanika Okraszewska & Aleksandra Romanowska & Marcin Wołek & Jacek Oskarbski & Krystian Birr & Kazimierz Jamroz, 2018. "Integration of a Multilevel Transport System Model into Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(2), pages 1-20, February.
    5. Efthymiou, Dimitrios & Antoniou, Constantinos & Waddell, Paul, 2013. "Factors affecting the adoption of vehicle sharing systems by young drivers," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 29(C), pages 64-73.
    6. Hasnat, Md Mehedi & Faghih-Imani, Ahmadreza & Eluru, Naveen & Hasan, Samiul, 2019. "Destination choice modeling using location-based social media data," Journal of choice modelling, Elsevier, vol. 31(C), pages 22-34.
    7. Axsen, Jonn & Long, Zoe, 2025. "Accepting and implementing transport pricing policies for climate: A review of evidence and research gaps," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 238(C).
    8. Faghih-Imani, Ahmadreza & Eluru, Naveen, 2015. "Analysing bicycle-sharing system user destination choice preferences: Chicago’s Divvy system," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 53-64.
    9. Ransford A. Acheampong & Alhassan Siiba, 2020. "Modelling the determinants of car-sharing adoption intentions among young adults: the role of attitude, perceived benefits, travel expectations and socio-demographic factors," Transportation, Springer, vol. 47(5), pages 2557-2580, October.
    10. Roorda, Matthew J. & Carrasco, Juan A. & Miller, Eric J., 2009. "An integrated model of vehicle transactions, activity scheduling and mode choice," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 43(2), pages 217-229, February.
    11. Axsen, Jonn & Wolinetz, Michael, 2021. "Taxes, tolls and ZEV zones for climate: Synthesizing insights on effectiveness, efficiency, equity, acceptability and implementation," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 156(C).
    12. Ermagun, Alireza & Levinson, David, 2016. "Intra-household bargaining for school trip accompaniment of children: A group decision approach," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 222-234.
    13. Walker, Joan L. & Ehlers, Emily & Banerjee, Ipsita & Dugundji, Elenna R., 2011. "Correcting for endogeneity in behavioral choice models with social influence variables," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 45(4), pages 362-374, May.
    14. Yang, Christopher, 2011. "California’s Energy Future: Transportation Energy Use in California," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series qt8j69x46d, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis.
    15. Robbennolt, Dale & Beliveau, Anna & Bhat, Chandra R., 2025. "An investigation of physical participation dissonance and virtual activity participation in the United States," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 201(C).
    16. Yasmin, Farhana & Morency, Catherine & Roorda, Matthew J., 2015. "Assessment of spatial transferability of an activity-based model, TASHA," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 200-213.
    17. Liu, Peng & Liao, Feixiong & Huang, Hai-Jun & Timmermans, Harry, 2015. "Dynamic activity-travel assignment in multi-state supernetworks," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 81(P3), pages 656-671.
    18. Lai, Xinjun & Lam, William H.K. & Su, Junbiao & Fu, Hui, 2019. "Modelling intra-household interactions in time-use and activity patterns of retired and dual-earner couples," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 126(C), pages 172-194.
    19. Scheiner, Joachim, 2020. "Changes in travel mode use over the life course with partner interactions in couple households," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 791-807.
    20. André de Palma & Nathalie Picard & Robin Lindsey, 2024. "Activity and transportation decisions within households," Chapters, in: Stephane Hess & Andrew Daly (ed.), Handbook of Choice Modelling, chapter 16, pages 426-451, Edward Elgar Publishing.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    NEP fields

    This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:cdl:itsdav:qt20v0f1r8. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Lisa Schiff (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/itucdus.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.