BINARY STATION CHOICE MODELS FOR A RAIL RAPID TRANSIT LINE

Using two independent data sets, alternative binary station choice models were successfully calibrated and tested. The regression and probit models are based on a two stage decision process: first the commuter selects his mode of travel, and then, given the use of rapid transit, he chooses a station. The station choice models focus on the second stage of the decision process. The models estimate the relative frequency a station will be selected by commuters from a census block group, given a modal choice of rapid transit. This proportion is a function of the trip cost difference between that station and the next least cost station. /TRRL/

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • DESFOR, G
• Publication Date: 1975-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 31-41
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research /UK/
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuters; Costs; Decision making; Decision theory; Mathematical models; Mode choice; Rail transit stations; Railroad stations; Rapid transit; Residential areas; Transportation planning; Travel budgets; Travel costs; Urban transportation; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Selecting; Selection
• Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection
• ITRD Terms: 224: Cost; 2248: Decision process; 621: Journey to work; 6473: Mathematical model; 1181: Rapid transit system; 9072: Selection
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; I71: Traffic Theory; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00125197
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 18 1982 12:00AM