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Exploring Equity and Resilience of Transportation Network through Modeling Travel Behavior: A Study of OKI Region

Hu, Yajie
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8311-5182
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554212469614412

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2019, MCP, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Community Planning.
Transportation equity has been studied for decades while transportation resilience is a relatively new topic. However, lack of detailed measurements that define the fulfillment, or the degree of accomplishment, of transportation system equity and resilience still exist. This thesis aims to explore equity and resilience of transportation network though modeling travel behavior. To better understand how transportation equity is reflected in terms of average trip distance and number of trips for each household with auto and non-auto modes, K-means cluster analysis is applied to classify all census tracts into different clusters based on their socio-characteristics. To achieve the research objective, an Ordinary Least Square model is applied to analyze the travel behavior’s correlation with transportation equity and transportation resilience by using data from the OKI Survey, OKI traffic crash database, and the 2010 US Census. The result shows that families with low household income or living in less privileged environments would travel shorter distance on average with a smaller number of auto trips (although no significant finding for cluster indicator regarding number of journeys), and tend to take more trips using non-auto transportation modes such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. Also, the higher the accident density, the longer the average auto trip distance, and the fewer the trips. Such result indicates transportation equity and transportation resilience are not very well fulfilled within the OKI region.
Na Chen, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Xinhao Wang, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
77 p.
Urban Planning
Travel behavior; Transportation equity; Transportation resilience; Ordinary Least Square model; K-means cluster analysis

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  • Hu, Y. (2019). Exploring Equity and Resilience of Transportation Network through Modeling Travel Behavior: A Study of OKI Region [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554212469614412

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hu, Yajie. Exploring Equity and Resilience of Transportation Network through Modeling Travel Behavior: A Study of OKI Region. 2019. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554212469614412.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hu, Yajie. "Exploring Equity and Resilience of Transportation Network through Modeling Travel Behavior: A Study of OKI Region." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554212469614412

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