Air Travel: A Systematic Analysis of Traveler Choices 

(PI: Chandra Bhat)

Intercity travel has grown steadily over the past decade, and recent studies suggest that such travel is only likely to grow even further through the next two decades. Within the context of intercity travel, air travel is the fastest growing travel mode in the United States. Projections suggest that the number of air travelers in the U.S. will double in this first decade of the 21^st century. As the number of air travelers increase, so will the contribution of airport-related travel to overall urban traffic levels. The objective of this proposed research project is to develop a systematic framework to analyze the spatial and temporal patterns of airport-related personal travel through the modeling of individual traveler choices.

Keywords: Air travel, metropolitan area planning, discrete-choice models, hazard duration models, traveler behavior.