TRANSPORTATION MODE CHOICE

This paper presents a dynamic model of transportation mode choice and evolution of public transportation service based on some simple assumptions of individual behavior and economic necessities for providing transportation service. Critical values are shown to exist for the fares charged, for the cost of providing service, for the demand and supply of transportation (and for other parameters) at which the system will bifurcate to different possible states of the system; critical thresholds must be reached in the quality of the network to observe its growth. Also shown is the role of history and the role that fluctuations in individual behavior and mode strategy play in the way the system structures, that is, in the evolution of the relative number of users of each mode and in the level of service obtained.

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  • Proceedings of the International Conference of the Cybernetics Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 8-10, 1980.
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• Authors:
  • Kahn, D
  • Deneubourg, J L
  • de Palma, A
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the International Conference of the Cybernetics Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 8-10, 1980.
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 156-160

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Demand; Elasticity (Economics); Fares; History; Level of service; Mathematical models; Mode choice; Operating costs; Passengers; Quality of service; Ridership; Supply; Transportation modes; Travel behavior; Travel demand
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Supply and demand
• Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; History; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00335087
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: IEEE 80CH1555-2 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1982 12:00AM