Dissecting the Role of Transit Service Attributes in Attracting Commuters: Lessons from a Comprehensive Revealed Preference–Stated Preference Study on Commuting Mode-Switching Behavior in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

An investigation on the influence of transit service attributes on mode switching toward local transit for home-based commuting trips involved the design, implementation, and analysis of a Commuting Survey for Mode Shift. This survey exploits revealed preference mode choice information to build the stated preference mode switching experiments. The collected data set was used for estimating econometric choice models of mode switching toward transit. Separate models were estimated for car drivers and shared ride users. The empirical models showed that travel cost and in-vehicle travel time were of lower importance compared with other transit level-of-service attributes such as crowding level and number of transfers. That commuters prefer rail-based transit modes (e.g., subway and light rail transit) to other transit options (e.g., bus rapid transit) was evident. The developed models can enrich the transit service planning toolbox for delivering more efficient and attractive services that maximize transit ridership along with other objectives.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.3141/2415-12
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• Authors:
  • Idris, Ahmed Osman
  • Habib, Khandker Nurul
  • Shalaby, Amer
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 107–117
• Monograph Title: Transit 2014, Volume 1
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2415
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Choice models; Commuters; Commuting; Econometric models; Level of service; Modal shift; Mode choice; Revealed preferences; Stated preferences; Transit operating agencies; Transit riders; Travel costs; Travel time
• Geographic Terms: Toronto (Canada)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01519787
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309295062
• Report/Paper Numbers: 14-2314
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 26 2014 10:11AM