A MARKOVIAN APPROACH TO MODE AND ROUTE SPLIT

Research is discussed which was designed to determine the size of the park and ride facility that should be constructed adjacent to the station of a new high speed mass transit, tracked air cushion vehicle (ATCV). It was found that binary modal-split procedures were inappropriate, as there were at least 3 competing modes: car, train, and TACV. Ten "channels" were considered, 4 of which were exclusively car- based, 4 of which involved the use of park and ride, and 3 were based upon bus and ride. A model of general formulation involving mode and route split was considered. Details are given of the Markovian process. The computations require information on the transition probabilities which are a result of the subjective estimation by individuals of the attributes of the different alternatives.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appears in "Urban Traffic Models", which is a publication containing the Proceedings of Seminar N of the Summer Annual Meeting at University of Warwick, England during July, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  Planning and Transport Res and Computation Co Ltd

  167 Oxford Street
  London W1R 1AH,   England 
• Authors:
  • Roulet, J
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 64-75
• Serial:
  • Publication of: IRCOBI SECRETARIAT
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; High speed ground transportation; Markov processes; Mathematical models; Modal split; Park and ride; Railroad transportation; Routes; Tracked air cushion vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148090
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: P122
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 23 1981 12:00AM