Decomposing Excess Commuting: A Monte Carlo Simulation Approach

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2006.01638v1
• Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 14:09:06 GMT
• Title: Decomposing Excess Commuting: A Monte Carlo Simulation Approach
• Authors: Yujie Hu, Fahui Wang
• Abstract summary: This research uses a Monte Carlo approach to simulate individual resident workers and individual jobs within census tracts. It estimates commute distance and time from journey-to-work trips, and defines the optimal commute based on simulated individual locations.
• Score: 1.14219428942199
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Excess or wasteful commuting is measured as the proportion of actual commute that is over minimum (optimal) commute when assuming that people could freely swap their homes and jobs in a city. Studies usually rely on survey data to define actual commute, and measure the optimal commute at an aggregate zonal level by linear programming (LP). Travel time from a survey could include reporting errors and respondents might not be representative of the areas they reside; and the derived optimal commute at an aggregate areal level is also subject to the zonal effect. Both may bias the estimate of excess commuting. Based on the 2006-2010 Census for Transportation Planning Package (CTPP) data in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this research uses a Monte Carlo approach to simulate individual resident workers and individual jobs within census tracts, estimate commute distance and time from journey-to-work trips, and define the optimal commute based on simulated individual locations. Findings indicate that both reporting errors and the use of aggregate zonal data contribute to miscalculation of excess commuting.

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