A REVIEW OF CANADIAN URBAN PASSENGER MODE CHOICE MODELS

This paper reviews modal split models developed in seven Canadian cities during the last ten years, with the aim of reporting on model design, input data requirements, output and the impact of modal structure and assumptions on transit planning. To establish the functional and structural relationships between the mode choice model and the remaining three steps of the transportation planning process, brief descriptions of the trip generation, distribution and assignment steps are provided. In addition, wherever mode choice model description supplied by individual cities contains explicit modal split formulae, estimates of direct and cross point elasticities are derived.

• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Transport, Canada

  Urban Transportation Research Br., Tower C, Place de Ville
  Ottawa, ONo K1A 0N5,   Canada 
• Publication Date: 1978-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 55 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Elasticity (Mechanics); Mathematical models; Modal split; Mode choice; Passengers; Planning; Public transit; Transportation modes; Transportation planning; Trip distribution; Trip generation; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Selection
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 5912: Elasticity; 6473: Mathematical model; 675: Modal split; 143: Planning; 744: Public transport; 9072: Selection; 1145: Transport mode; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00316376
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Report/Paper Numbers: TP2202 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1981 12:00AM