An Assessment of Demand for Rural Intercity Transportation Services in a Changing Environment
With higher fuel costs and changing economic conditions, travel behavior and the level and allocation of resources in highways, rail, air, and transit service in rural areas may be changing. The objective of this study is to determine the attitude of would-be passengers in their choice of mode and the factors determining their choice in rural and small urban areas. A stated preference survey was developed and administered to residents of North Dakota and northwest and west central Minnesota. The survey asked respondents to identify their mode of choice in different hypothetical situations in which five modes were available—automobile, air, bus, train, and van—under differing mode and trip characteristics. A multinomial logit model was used to estimate the likelihood that an individual would choose a given mode on the basis of the characteristics of the mode, the characteristics of the individual, and the characteristics of the trip. Results show that travelers, especially those of lower income, respond to higher gasoline prices by choosing alternative modes in greater numbers, suggesting rural intercity bus, van, and rail ridership would increase if gasoline prices rose.
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Authors:
- Mattson, Jeremy
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- Peterson, Del
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- Ripplinger, David
- Thoms, William
- Hough, Jill
- 0000-0001-7032-9221
- Publication Date: 2010
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 108-114
- Monograph Title: Transit, Volume 3
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
- Issue Number: 2145
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Gasoline; Intercity transportation; Mode choice; Multinomial logits; Prices; Public transit; Resource allocation; Rural areas; Rural transportation; Small cities; Stated preferences; Surveys; Travel behavior; Travel demand
- Uncontrolled Terms: Fuel costs
- Geographic Terms: Minnesota; North Dakota
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01154313
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780309142786
- Report/Paper Numbers: 10-2077
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Apr 14 2010 7:14AM