Daily Activity Patterns of University Students
Publication: Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Volume 135, Issue 4
Abstract
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of students’ activity characteristics and travel patterns based on the 2001 North Carolina State University Student Activity Travel Survey. Results show that undergraduate students and on-campus residents are engaged in more activities than graduate students and off-campus students. Graduate students are more likely to engage in class and work activity in the afternoon than in the morning. There is no statistically significant difference between student groups in terms of the proportion of students involved in a certain activity at a certain hour of the day. Instead, the types of activities are different across all 24 h of a day. The insights gained from this study will serve as the basis of an activity-based university travel demand model for North Carolina State University.
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Acknowledgments
The writers acknowledge Slade McCalip of the Department of Transportation at North Carolina State University for assisting with the students’ activity travel survey data and Leta F. Huntsinger of the Triangle Regional Model (TRM) Service Bureau for supporting this study.
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Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Volume 135 • Issue 4 • December 2009
Pages: 141 - 149
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© 2009 ASCE.
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Received: Nov 24, 2008
Accepted: Jun 30, 2009
Published online: Jul 2, 2009
Published in print: Dec 2009
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