Network Underpinnings of Behavioral Travel Demand

Abstract

The connection between behavioral travel demand models and the geometry of the metropolitan transport network is described, followed by the consideration of fractal geometry as a means of studying a wide range of phenomena, including highway networks. Then a fractal analysis is undertaken of the classes of roads in metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts. This analysis yields one exemplary new insight into travel behavior: a phase shift between highway systems and major and local road systems indicating different trip purposes and scales for analysis.

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