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What is Travel Behavior?
Travel behavior is the way people move in the public realm by all
means of travel and for all purposes. Some of the activities people want to engage in are
separated by space, which requires people to travel. The choices they make in order to travel
are based on options, constraints, habits, and opportunities. For instance, how people travel
to work (by car, bus, subway, or walk), the time they leave, and the duration and type of stops
they make on the way, are important aspects of travel behavior.
Other topics include
understanding travel by special population groups such as new immigrants and the elderly, how
household location and economics influence travel, vehicle ownership and use, and many, many
more topics. Recently, she completed an important Summary of Travel Trends, covering
changes in American travel behavior since 1969: http://nhts.ornl.gov/2009/pub/stt.pdf
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About Ms. McGuckin:
Nancy McGuckin is an independent consultant
and nationally known expert in the interpretation and forecasting of travel behavior. She is
best known for her ability to make meaningful analysis from complex data sources and her
practical interpretation of research. She recently completed forecasts of travel by older
Americans, migration and immigration patterns and trends, and forecasts of non-work travel for
the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study
Commission.
In her early career, she worked for
Barton-Aschman/Parson’s Transportation Group developing travel and ridership forecasts for
major investment studies, such as high speed rail systems in Shanghai, San Juan, and
Bangkok. She specializes in social and demographic indicators of travel demand, and integrates
data from safety, health, economic, energy, time-use, and other pertinent sources to develop
the context for planning and policy initiatives.
Recently she has turned her
focus to research related to current policy concerns, such as sustainability, equity, and
livable communities. She is developing data sources for performance measures and communication
tools to encourage changes in daily travel that can reduce VMT and greenhouse gas emissions. For
example:
A Bicycle Built for Two:
Working Together to Reduce The Carbon Impact of Daily Travel - Click link below for a
representational graphic.
Graphic2 - Reducing GHG emissions--bicycle graphic.pdf

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