Abstract: This paper presents a descriptive analysis of the historical evolution of personal travel behavior in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) over the past 35 years. The analysis indicates that in many respects the GTA taken as a ...

Abstract: Microsimulation modeling is an emerging approach to activity-based travel forecasting. Household automobile-ownership models are being included in microsimulation travel-demand models more. Implicitly, vehicle price is an ...

Abstract: This paper describes the development and the main components of a simulation framework aimed to model the bus transit network evolution. The prediction model of transit network evolution (P-TRANE) is a geographic information ...

Abstract: Mode choice models used for travel demand forecasting generally include “major” transportation modes of driving, ridesharing, walking, and riding public transit. In the Toronto Area, these make up 96% of all trips. This ...

Abstract: Previous housing price studies based on hedonic price modeling have mainly focused on applying various factors, including built environment variables in the analysis, without establishing a comprehensive theoretical framework ...