ATTITUDINAL MODELS OF MODAL CHOICE: THE MULTINOMIAL CASE FOR SELECTED NONWORK TRIPS

Attitudinal multinomial logit models of modal choice are presented for four nonwork activities: major grocery shopping, shopping for odds and ends, shopping for personal goods and visiting friends and acquaintances. Explanatory variables are individuals' beliefs about attributes of four modal alternatives: bus, car, taxi and walking. Factor analysis is employed to identify latent dimensions of perception of the modal alternatives and to eliminate problems of multicollinearities in model estimation. Models are estimated using data obtained for sample of residents of Buffalo, New York. Planning implications of the methodology are assessed. /Author/

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  Elsevier

  Radarweg 29
  Amsterdam,   Netherlands  1043 NX
• Authors:
  • Recker, W W
  • Stevens, R F
• Publication Date: 1976-12

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 355-375
• Serial:
  • Transportation (Netherlands)
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
  • ISSN: 0049-4488

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Automobiles; Bus transportation; Leisure time; Logits; Mathematical models; Mode choice; Shopping; Taxicabs; Walking
• Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149157
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM