Modeling Route Choice Criteria from Home to Major Streets: a Discrete Choice Approach

A discrete choice model that consists of three sub-models was developed to investigates the route choice criteria of drivers who travel from their homes in the morning to the access point along the major streets that bound the Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZs). The first sub-model is a Nested Logit Model (NLM) that estimates the probability of a driver has or has no multiple routes, and if the driver has multiple routes, the route selection criteria are based on the access point’s intersection control type or other factors. The second sub-model is a Mixed Logit (MXL) model. It estimates the probabilities of the type of intersection control preferred by a driver. The third sub-model is a NLM that estimates the probabilities of a driver selecting his/her route for its shortest travel time or to avoid pedestrians, and if the aim is to take the fastest route, the decision criteria is based on the shortest distance or minimum stops and turns. Data gathered in a questionnaire survey were used to estimate the sub-models. The attributes of the utility functions of the sub-models are the driver’s demographic and trip characteristics. The model provides a means for transportation planners to distribute the total number of home-based trips generated within a TAZ to the access points along the major streets that bound the TAZ.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijtst.2017.12.002
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2046043017300485
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2017 Tongji University and Tongji University Press. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Vidana-Bencomo, Jose Osiris
  • Balal, Esmaeil
  • Anderson, Jason C
  • 0000-0001-9189-5345
  • Hernandez, Salvador
• Publication Date: 2018-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 74-88
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2046-0430
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/20460430

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Logits; Route choice; Traffic analysis zones
• Uncontrolled Terms: Discrete choice models
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01667285
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 25 2018 11:15AM