Luts - TraCE Conference on Network structure and Travel Behavior
© 2011 EPFL
On Friday May 27th we have to pleasure to host Prof. David Levinson from University of Minnesota. Prof. Levinson works in transportation economics and land use. His talk will highlight how travelers perception of the network structure influences their travel patterns. Come and join us in this great opportunity to discuss more in-depth which factors are at stake when analyzing travel behavior from this perspective with one of the leading experts in the field.
Transportation networks have an underlying structure, defined by the layout, arrangement and the connectivity of the individual network elements, namely the road segments and their intersections. The differences in network structure exist among and between networks. This presentation argues that travelers perceive and respond to these differences in underlying network structure and complexity, resulting in differences in observed travel patterns. This hypothesized relationship between network structure and travel is analyzed using individual and aggregate level travel and network data from metropolitan regions across the U.S. Various measures of network structure, compiled from existing sources, are used to quantify the structure of street networks. The relation between these quantitative measures and travel is then identified using econometric models.
Dr. David Levinson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Networks, Economics, and Urban Systems (NEXUS) research group. He currently holds the Richard P. Braun/CTS Chair in Transportation. In academic year 2006-2007 he was a visiting academic at Imperial College in London. In January 2005 he was awarded the CUTC/ARTBA New Faculty Award. He earned a Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley in 1998. Levinson has authored or edited several books and numerous peer reviewed articles. He is the editor of the Journal of Transport and Land Use.
Date: Friday, May 27th, 15:15
Location: GC A1 416 (Salle de conférence LHE)