AN ANALYSIS OF INTERURBAN ROUTE CHOICE IN THE NETHERLANDS

The Rijkswaterstaat is undertaking a study of interurban route choice in the Netherlands. Roadside surveys were taken in several areas, in which drivers, making trips on major roads, were asked to describe in detail the route used for their current trip and alternative routes and to report their socio-economic characteristics. This paper related to one part of this study in which the choice of the observed route was analysed, using characteristics of the road network and socio-economic characteristics of the trip-makers. The roadside interviews used in the analysis were held in the Utrecht area. A detailed network of the study area was coded and an extensive set of link characteristics collected for all coded links. On this network, paths between observed trip origins and destinations were generated which represent such decision criteria as "quickest", "shortest", "prettiest", "avoid traffic lights", "use highway as much as reasonable", "avoid congestion", etc. The paths were calculated as minimal generalised cost for each criterion defined in terms of the extensive set of link attributes available. After discussing the data used in the study, the paper describes two phases of the analysis. In the first descriptive phase of the analysis, an investigation of the extent to which the generated paths are in fact different, and to what extent they overlap and the extent to which the generated paths suffice to describe the observed paths, was made. The prevalence of choice of each generated path type was calculated and socio-economic and other factors associated with use of particular generated path types analysed. This analysis leads to the selection of a set of path types for use in further analysis. The second phase described uses multivariate discrete choice techniques to analyse the choice of observed path from among the alternative generated path types. (Author/TRRL)

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    • This paper was presented during the proceedings of Seminar Q held at PTRC's 10th Annual Summer Meeting, Transportation Analysis and Models, Warwick University, England.
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  • Authors:
    • Bergman, M J
    • Ben-Akiva, Moshe
    • Silman, L A
    • Pitschke, S B
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  • Publication Date: 1982

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  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: p. 129-144

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  • Accession Number: 00381627
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
  • ISBN: 0-86050-113-2
  • Report/Paper Numbers: REPORT
  • Files: ITRD, TRIS
  • Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM