Abstract Fluctuation in fuel prices may lead to adaptations in people′s activity-travel behavior. Compared to other triggers of behavioral change, the impact of fuel prices has received only scant attention in the literature, especially with respect to short-run change in activity-travel behavior. To gain insight into this issue, travel diaries of a representative sample of individuals in the Netherlands who use the car for daily travel were analyzed. Seemingly unrelated regression analysis was used to examine the effects of fuel price on people′s travel time expenditures for different kinds of activities, differentiating between weekdays and weekends. The results indicate that fuel price is negatively correlated with travel time expenditures by car, and that this relationship differs between weekdays and weekends. When faced with increasing fuel prices, people seem to prefer reducing travel time expenditure by car for compulsory trips more than for leisure trips.

    Highlights We model a simultaneous equation system to estimate the relationships between activity duration, travel time and fuel price. We examine the effects of fuel price changes on people′s travel time expenditures for different kinds of activities. We examine the effects differentiating between weekdays and weekends. Increasing fuel price will decrease travel time expenditure by car and it differs between weekdays and weekends. Increasing fuel price will decrease travel time expenditure for compulsory trips more than for leisure trips on weekdays.


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    Title :

    Analysis of influence of fuel price on individual activity-travel time expenditure


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Transport Policy ; 30 ; 40-55


    Publication date :

    2013-01-01


    Size :

    16 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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