Understanding and Modeling Non-motorized Travel Behavior

可持续城市规划力求通过不再强调汽车作为首选出行方式来提高生活质量。实现这一目标的战略包括步行街区，混合使用环境，交通导向的发展，致密化，完整的街道和多模式交通系统。然而，预测这些战略的影响需要预测模型，包括所有的旅行方式，而不仅仅是汽车和过境。鉴于加拿大的城市规划现在侧重于可持续性，因此及时需要进一步了解非机动车出行行为-步行和骑自行车-并开发可用于评估上述战略的预测模型。

Sustainable urban planning seeks to enhance quality of life by deemphasizing cars as a preferred means of travel. The strategies for achieving this include walkable neighborhoods, mixed-use environments, transit-oriented development, densification, complete streets, and multi-modal transportation systems. However, predicting the impacts from such strategies requires forecasting models that incorporate all modes of travel, not just cars and transit. Given that urban planning in Canada now focuses on sustainability, there is a timely need to further our understanding of non-motorized travel behavior – walking and bicycling – and develop forecasting models that can be used to evaluate the strategies listed above.