Intercity Commute Patterns in Central Texas
There are highly populated regional corridors that connect multiple cities in different parts of the world.Public transportation is believed to be a good solution to ease traffic congestions in these corridors.To make informed decisions about public transportation planning,we must have a clear picture about commuting patterns in a corridor.Although the study of commute patterns has a long tradition in urban planning,urban geography,and transportation analysis,the examination of intercity commute patterns in urban corridors consisting of multiple cities has received limited attention.This study aims to achieve a better understanding of intercity commute patterns and flows in a fivecounty study area in Central Texas.We used GIS methods and network analysis procedures to analyze the U.S.2000 Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP) Part 3 Journey–to-Work data.Results from the analyses suggest that:(1) most (>97％) of the workers with their homes in the five-county area also worked in the area;(2) the number of people who worked in the five-county area exceeded the number of people who had their homes in the area;and (3) most of the intercity commuting trips were between cities located within the same metropolitan area.
intercity commuting transportation GIS network analysis transit urban planning
F.Benjamin Zhan Xuwei Chen
Texas Center for Geographic Information Science,Department of Geography,Texas State University,San M Department of Geography,Northern Illinois University,DeKalb,IL 60115 USA
国际会议
第16届国际地理信息科学与技术大会(16th International Conference on GeoInformatics and the Joint Conference)
广州
英文
2008-06-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）