UC Irvine Institute of Transportation Studies

In this study, I go beyond previous studies by distinguishing between single-worker households and two-worker households. Since there are many two-worker households in urban areas, and since these households may have more constraints than single-worker households in choosing their work or residential locations, it is more illuminating to examine commuting behavior for two-worker and single-worker households separately. I first define simple constraints on residential location choice which two-worker households may have. I then measure excess commuting for two-worker households with or without those constraints, using 1991 micro data from the Los Angeles Metropolitan area.