Application of RP/SP Data to the Joint Estimation of Mode Choice Models: Lessons Learned from an Empirical Investigation into Cross-Regional Commuting Trips in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area

This study presents an investigation on the mode choice behaviour of cross-regional commuters in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). Cross-regional trips are defined as those crossing the boundaries of two or more municipal or regional jurisdictions, each served by a local transit operator. The GTHA has nine local transit and one regional transit systems with little or no coordination between them. The complexity of cross-regional trips stems from the multimodal nature of long distance travel across multiple regional/local municipalities. Using Revealed Preference (RP) and Stated Preference (SP) data of the Survey of Cross-Regional Intermodal Passenger Travel (SCRIPT), a set of econometric joint RP/SP mode choice models are developed. This paper presents a comparison between a conventional Multinomial Logit (MNL) mode choice model and two models that relax the independent and irrelevant alternative (IIA) assumption, namely Nested Logit (NL) and Parameterized Logit Captivity (PLC) models. The joint RP/SP models reveal meaningful insights into cross-regional commuters’ mode choice behaviour. The developed models now constitute the core of a policy analysis tool, called Interactive Model for Policy Analysis of Cross-Regional Travel (IMPACT), which predicts changes in aggregate modal shares in response to new policies.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADB40 Standing Committee on Transportation Demand Forecasting. Alternate title: Application of RPSP Data for Joint Estimation of Mode Choice Models
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Mahmoud, Mohamed Salah
  • Habib, Khandker Nurul
  • Shalaby, Amer
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2016-1-10 to 2016-1-14
• Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 21p
• Monograph Title: TRB 95th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuters; Commuting; Mode choice; Multinomial logits; Policy analysis; Revealed preferences; Stated preferences
• Geographic Terms: Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01592735
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 16-3348
• Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 4 2016 5:04PM