The activity space is defined as the part of the environment where individuals or households perform activities within a certain period of time. It comprises the visited locations, routes, and areas the people travelled through. Activity spaces are developed around home, workplace, and other places frequently visited. Activity spaces may show whether there are similarities in access needs and mobility options and preferences between population groupings. Individual characteristics such as gender, age, possession of drivers licence, and employment affect the daily routine and travel patterns. At the same time, by examining the temporal aspect of activity spaces, it may identified whether travel-activity patterns on individual weekdays and weekends differ, and if households trade off time and location attributes when they schedule their activities. These three dimensions are particularly relevant for the success of transport policies, which are dependent on the description and measurements of travel behaviour in relation to the accessibility of transport and urban services. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E213716.
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