Modal Split and Commuting Pattern on a Bottleneck-Constrained Highway

Every morning, commuters either use their private cars or select the regularly dispatched buses for traveling from a residential area to a workplace on a bottleneck-constrained highway. With the mode split governed by a logit-based formula, the classical bottleneck model and a newly proposed equilibrium bus run choice model are integrated to depict the bottleneck congestion jointly caused by private cars and buses. Numerical results show that the arrival rates of commuters at workplace are different from that at bottleneck. Sensitivity analyses are conducted by varying the combinations of bus fare and dispatch frequency, as well as other model parameters.

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  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VHF-4K42806-1/2/551f9f5ffe265f0dad58e333520c026e
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier
• Authors:
  • Huang, Hai-Jun
  • Tian, Qiong
  • Yang, Hai
  • Gao, Zi-You
• Publication Date: 2007-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 578-590
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1366-5545
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13665545

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Bottlenecks; Bus routes; Buses; Choice models; Commuting; Dispatching; Fares; Highways; Modal split; Morning; Numerical analysis; Residential areas; Sensitivity analysis; Traffic equilibrium; Travel behavior; Workplaces
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01055933
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 29 2007 7:56AM