Exploring the Relationship Between Work and Travel Behavior on Weekdays: Analysis of Paris Region Travel Survey over 20 Years

Anne Aguilera (1) , Marie-Hélène Massot (1) , Laurent Proulhac (1)

1 LVMT - Laboratoire Ville, Mobilité, Transport

This paper questions the relationship between work and weekdays travel behavior of workers. Not only commuting trips are taken into account but also business trips. Data come from the 1983 and 2001 Travel Survey of the Paris Region. Results show significant differences between working days, during which work trips dominate, and non-working days during which non-work trips are by far more numerous and also more diversified. Moreover travel behavior is different on workdays if the worker has made business trips or not. In addition our research shows how differences in travel behavior by gender and by professional status are highlighted by taking into account business trips and by separating working and non-working days. Finally, we highlight the main changes over the 1983-2001 period.

Mots clés: travel behavior; commuting trips; business trips; non work trips; working days; non working days; Paris Region

Domaines: Architecture, aménagement de l'espace; Géographie

Anne Aguilera, Marie-Hélène Massot, Laurent Proulhac. Exploring the Relationship Between Work and Travel Behavior on Weekdays: Analysis of Paris Region Travel Survey over 20 Years. Transportation Research Record, 2009, 2135, pp.69-77. ⟨10.3141/2135-09⟩. ⟨halshs-00560500⟩