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Title:

Examining the Differences Between Travelers’ Revealed Versus Actual Travel Time Savings

Accession Number:

01476075

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Revealed preference surveys are one of the most common ways to obtain information on how travelers use a given transportation facility. In a revealed preference survey the respondents are asked questions related to their recent travel. In a survey conducted in 2010 on Houston Katy Freeway travelers, respondents were asked about their travel experience using the new Katy Freeway Managed Lanes (MLs). They were asked if they experienced any travel time savings by using the MLs. This study examined any difference between their perceived and actual travel time savings. This study found that travelers overestimate the travel time savings they experience by traveling on the MLs. The magnitude of misperception varied with individuals with an average value of 11 minutes. Linear regression models were fit to model the misperception of the travel time and found that both trip characteristics and respondent socio-economic characteristics had an effect on the magnitude of misperception of travel time savings. Respondents’ trip purpose, age, gender, and income were found to be significant predictors of how well they estimated their travel time savings.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABJ40 Travel Survey Methods.

Monograph Accession #:

01470560

Report/Paper Numbers:

13-3202

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Devarasetty, Prem Chand
Burris, Mark
Huang, Chao

ORCID 0000-0002-6034-8637

Pagination:

13p

Publication Date:

2013

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Identifier Terms:

Katy Freeway (Houston, Texas)

Geographic Terms:

Houston (Texas)

Subject Areas:

Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-3202

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 5 2013 12:39PM