Project
Principles in weekend leisure traffic (SVI 2000/445)
Funding origin:
Switzerland
STRIA Roadmaps:
Other ()
Transport mode:
Multimodal
Transport sectors:
Passenger transport
Project website:
Duration:
Start date: 01/03/2001,
End date: 01/11/2004
Status: Finished
Funding details:
Overview
Objectives:
This project produces descriptive analyses as well as models of the variability of leisure travel (with hazard models), the impact of living conditions on leisure activities (with linear regression and Poisson regression), determinants of destination and mode choice in leisure travel (with multinominal and nested logit models). Additional travel group surveys looked at the motives behind leisure activities. All analyses focused on differences between week- and weekend leisure days.
Methodology:
The discussions are based on surveys as well as on analyses of national datasets. The following surveys were conducted within this research project:
- A survey which covered a period of 12 weeks of the leisure behaviour of 71 persons. They reported nearly 6000 leisure activities. This survey was the main source for the analysis of intrapersonal variability in leisure;
- Four focus groups, which enabled an analysis of personal attitudes and motives. Besides, the following datasets were used for modelling mode- and destination choice
- The National surveys of the Federal Office of Spatial Development (ARE) (“Mikrozensus 1994 und 2000”), die “Kontinuierlichen Erhebung Personenverkehr” of the Swiss Federal Railway (KEP 1999 und 2000) and the “Zusatzmodul Reiseverhalten der Einkommensund Verbrauchserhebung 1994” (EVE) of the Federal Office of Statistic (BfS).
- A database covering all Swiss municipalities with information about their leisure infrastructure was collected from various sources during the research project.
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