A Stated Preference (SP) Study on Individuals’ Transportation Decisions, Focused on Marmaray Project in Istanbul

Istanbul is one of the most famous megacities in the world and is the third largest metropolitan area in Europe. It can be deemed as an alpha world city and is the unique city in the world, where Asia and Europe collide. The city is the cultural, economic, financial center and urban agglomeration of Turkey, where a plethora of public transport improvements have been exerted and still some policies and improvements are ahead. Marmaray project (Including undersea rail tunnel, connecting Asia and Europe) is the most important example of the mentioned improvements. Therefore, in this paper, the project and its effects on individuals’ transportation behavior will be studied by conducting a Stated Preference (SP) survey.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.721
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812041833
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/18770428
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Tanriverdi, S Cankat
  • Shakibaei, Shahin
  • Tezcan, H Onur
• Conference:
  • 15th Meeting of the EURO Working Group on Transportation
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2012-9-10 to 2012-9-13
• Publication Date: 2012-10-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 19-26
• Serial:
  • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Volume: 54
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1877-0428
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18770428/53
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Mode choice; Public transit; Rail transit; Stated preferences; Travel behavior; Underwater tunnels
• Identifier Terms: Marmaray Rail Tunnel Project (Turkey)
• Geographic Terms: Istanbul (Turkey)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01487397
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 18 2013 1:57PM