Abstract
A model system of trip generation and trip chaining was developed by integrating concepts from activity-based analysis. The structure of the model system is recursive, depicting a sequential decision-making mechanism. The results were based on a data set from the detroit metropolitan area. They were compared with those of a previous study that used a data set from the netherlands. Differences were observed not only in the values of the regression parameters estimated but also in the decision mechanism inferred. This paper appears in transportation research record no. 1285, Transportation forecasting 1990.