Timmermans, Harry, van der Waerden, Peter, Alves, Mario, Polak, John, Ellis, Scott, Harvey, Andrew S., Kurose, Shigeyuki, and Zandee, Rianne
This paper reports the findings of analyses, conducted to identify regularities and differences underlying various aspects of activity–travel patterns across a set of cities, regions in the world. Activity–travel patterns, derived from activity diary data collected in Portland (USA), Midlands (UK), Fukuoka (Japan), Canadian metropolitan areas, and the South-Rotterdam region (The Netherlands) are compared. The results indicate that although idiosyncratic differences exist between the city regions, there is also considerable evidence of similarities between the city regions. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]