An analysis of travel patterns of the elders in Beijing

Abstract

Abstract: On the basis of the information concerning individual travel behaviors of partial elders in the data of travel survey in Beijing in 2005, the Article analyzes and compares the individual travel features between the elders and the 19-60-year-old population in the aspects of travel ratios, travel time, travel distances, departure time, travel patterns and travel targets, analyzes the rules of variation of elders’ travel behaviors with age, compares the differences of the travel behaviors of the elders between the eight urban districts and the outer suburb districts and counties and studies the travel features and attributes of travel behaviors of the elders’ home-based travel chain. The research indicates that differences of the travel features between those 61-65-year-old elders and the 19-60–year-old contrastive population are small, travel ratio of the elders is slightly lower than that of the contrastive population, travel pattern is mainly walking, and the flexibility level is remarkably lower than that of the contrastive population; travel distance of the elders falls off sharply with age, and the factors, such as sexes, spouses, family structures, etc., have remarkable impact on the elders’ travel selection.

Key words: Elders, Travel Behaviors, Analysis of Behaviors, Travel Survey

摘要： 以北京2005年出行调查数据中部分老年人个体出行行为信息为对象，分析比较了老年人个体出行行为与19-60岁的对比群体在出行率、出行时间、出行距离、出发时间、出行方式及出行目的等方面的特征，分析了老年人出行行为随年龄变化的规律，比较了城八区与远郊区县老年人出行行为的差异，研究了老年人基于家的出行链的出行特征与出行行为属性。研究表明，61-65年龄段老年人出行特征与对比人群的19-60年龄段差异不大，老年人出行率略低于对比人群，出行方式以步行为主，机动化水平明显低于对比人群；老年人出行距离随年龄急剧下降，性别、有无配偶、家庭结构等因素对老年人出行选择行为有显著影响。

关键词: 老年人, 出行行为, 行为分析, 出行调查

CLC Number:

U491

ZHANG Zheng, MAO Bao-hua, LIU Ming-jun, CHEN Jinchuan, GUO Ji-fu. An analysis of travel patterns of the elders in Beijing[J]. Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology, 2007, 7(6): 11-20 .

张政, 毛保华, 刘明君, 陈金川,郭继孚. 北京老年人出行行为特征分析[J]. 交通运输系统工程与信息, 2007, 7(6): 11-20 .

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