URBAN TRAVEL DEMAND MODELING: FROM INDIVIDUAL CHOICES TO GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
The purpose of this book is to present a methodology for predicting urban travel demands which is based on the concept of the traveler as a consumer of urban trips. The urban travel demand models presented explicitly describe the choices individual travelers make when faced with given travel alternatives, and when limited by budgetary or other constraints. The basic common principle which rationalizes all travel demand models presented here is the same as in standard microeconomics, namely utility maximization. That is, travel activity is a reflection of explicit preferences and limitations. This is true whether or not congestion is present. All standard aspects of urban travel analysis (e.g., travel generation, modal choice, destination, and route selection) are explicitly and consistently formulated within this framework. Rigorous numerical algorithms for solving the models are systematically presented.
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John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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Authors:
- Oppenheim, N
- Publication Date: 1995
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: 501 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Algorithms; Demand; Maximization; Mode choice; Origin and destination; Route choice; Traffic congestion; Urban travel; Utility theory
- Old TRIS Terms: Utility
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00722146
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0471557234
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 17 1996 12:00AM