FACTORS AFFECTING CHOICE OF TRAVEL MODE

Society is contemporarily demanding intensified study of both private and public travel modes. Transport planners are being questioned on the validity of large expenditure on limited access roadways. They are also being asked the social consequences of substantial investment in urban public transport. To make an objective assessment of the public-private transport issue, a sound understanding of the mode choice decision-making process is necessary. Unfortunately, most of the current literature on mode choice is directed towards extolling the virtues of one particular type of model. This paper presents a wider approach and attempts to give an understanding of the mode choice decision-making process and to define a base for the sound evaluation of mode choice models. (A) /TRRL/

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  Melbourne, Victoria  Australia 
• Authors:
  • Davis, B C
• Conference:
  • Australian Road Research Board Conference Proc
• Publication Date: 1975

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 6-19
• Serial:
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Color; Conferences; Costs; Decision making; Expenditures; Females; Freeways; Human beings; Income; Investments; Jobs; Mathematical models; Modal split; Mode choice; Mode S; Private transportation; Public transit; Social factors; Sociology; Travel; Travel time; Trip length; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection
• ITRD Terms: 1757: Age; 6784: Colour; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 2248: Decision process; 256: Income; 227: Investment; 698: Journey; 1787: Man; 6473: Mathematical model; 675: Modal split; 2271: Occupation; 746: Private transport; 2253: Sociology; 313: Urban area; 1788: Woman
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134511
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 0 909996 695
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1981 12:00AM