SENSITIVITY TO DISTANCE AND CHOICE OF DESTINATIONS

A model of destination choice is derived from verifiable assumptions about people's perception of distance. It is postulated that differences between destinations at varying distances are only perceptible when they exceed some tolerance level. Under reasonable assumptions on the distribution of this level among the population, this leads to a sigmoid market share or choice function. The model can be estimated from observations of actual trip making, with no a priori specification of the probability density of the tolerance level. /Author/TRRL/

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  Pion Limited

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• Authors:
  • O'Sullivan, P
  • Ralston, B
• Publication Date: 1978-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 365-370
• Serial:
  • Environment and Planning A
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Pion Limited
  • ISSN: 0308-518X
  • EISSN: 1472-3409
  • Serial URL: http://www.envplan.com/A.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Choice models; Distance; Engineering tolerance; Itinerary; Mathematical models; Modal split; Origin and destination; Perception; Travel
• Uncontrolled Terms: Selection
• Old TRIS Terms: Tolerances
• ITRD Terms: 699: Itinerary; 6473: Mathematical model; 675: Modal split; 687: Origin destination traffic; 2229: Perception; 9072: Selection
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00184359
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 13 1979 12:00AM