TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF THE TRANSPORT DETERMINANTS OF TRAVEL CHOICES

The development of behavioural disaggregate travel choice models has in recent years provided an important procedure for investigating the underlying determinants of various travel choice acts (e.g. Frequency of travel, choice of mode, etc.). The use of attitudinal techniques has provided an opportunity to identify a range of attributes beyond the more traditional travel time and cost variables (such as the underlying characteristics of "comfort" and "convenience"). However, such attitudinal techniques while useful in identifying a wider range of potential policy variables are restricted in that these extended variables are in measurement units that are difficult to represent in planning models. The aim of this paper is to present the approach and results of research recently undertaken in Australia which was designed to identify an extended set of attributes measured in "policy sensitive units". The implications of the results for identifying a broad range of policy options are discussed. (A). /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • Hensher, D A
  • McLeod, P B
• Publication Date: 1977-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 77-93
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research /UK/
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Attitudes; Behavior; Comfort; Costs; Decision making; Economic efficiency; Mathematical models; Modal split; Mode choice; Policy; Travel; Travel budgets; Travel costs; Travel patterns; Travel time; Trip length
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Models; Selection
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection
• ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 8006: Australia; 9001: Behaviour; 9138: Comfort; 224: Cost; 2248: Decision process; 5911: Efficiency; 698: Journey; 697: Journey time; 6473: Mathematical model; 675: Modal split; 9072: Selection
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164240
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 14 1978 12:00AM