Exploration of travel patterns is the prerequisite of urban transport strategy decision-making and forecasting overall future trends of urban transport. 154 Chinese cities’ travel data were collected with the support of a national project. Homogeneity, heterogeneity and transformation of travel pattern were horizontally and longitudinally analyzed. We found that daily travel time per capita has a good homogeneity, which was consistent with previous studies. In contrast, other indicators of travel pattern including travel distance and mode structure showed much heterogeneity across city categories. Type II big cities, which has 3–5 million urban population, are the watershed of distinct variation of travel patterns. The proportion of private motorized vehicles in all motorized modes appeared as a vertex and a downward trend appeared in super cities, which was accompanied by a significantly increasing share of rail transit. The results will contribute to a comprehensive and timely understanding of fundamental urban transport characteristics in China and supplement other findings in the field of travel pattern.


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    Title :

    Homogeneity, Heterogeneity, and Transformation of Travel Patterns—Case Studies in Chinese Cities


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    22nd COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals ; 2022 ; Changsha, Hunan Province, China


    Published in:

    CICTP 2022 ; 2604-2614


    Publication date :

    2022-09-08




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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