Book Description

To explore specific travel issues implicit in the 1990 NPTS data set, FHWA's Office of Highway Information Management commissioned 12 papers focusing on specific topics to help explain important emerging travel trends and to identify key public policy issues, planning implications, and research needs. The issues addressed in these papers include the following: declines in carpooling; potential saturation of travel by male population; trip linking behavior; travel by women; travel by the elderly; and travel by households without vehicles. This summary of the conference proceedings is organized in a loose chronological fashion, following the order of conference events occurring during general sessions held both days. The four breakout session summaries have been grouped separately. Although the topics addressed by each breakout were relatively the same, different findings emerged regarding policy, planning, and research suggestions. The appendices include a participant list, the conference agenda, and breakout group members.