Integration of an activity-based model system and a residential location model

Abstract

Summary. We presen t an integrated discrete choice model system of a household ’ s residential location choice and its members ’ activity and travel schedules. A daily schedule consists of tours, characteri sed by destinations, tim es of day and travel modes. The activity and travel models supply the residential model with an accessib ility measure for each household member, namely the expected maximum utility among availab le daily activity schedules, conditioned by the chosen pattern of tours and, for workers, the workplace. A nested logit model system is estimated and applied for Boston. It does not ® t the data quite as well as a work-trip-based comparison model, but its predictions capture additional effects attributab le to the more comprehensive accessib ility measure