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This study is focused on investigating the commuter behaviour in areas adjacent to commuter rail service, using GO Transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) as a case study. More specifically, this study aims at developing a better understanding of the mode split of the commuting trips originating in GO rail station catchment areas and its relationship with various key factors. It also investigates the key trends in mode split over the period of 1996 to 2011, focusing on GO rail mode share and how it is associated with policy interventions. This study used data from four large-scale household travel surveys conducted in 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011 in the study area. Descriptive statistics and a multilevel random intercept model are utilized to achieve the study goals. The study presents a wide range of results starting from the users’ walking distances to GO stations to mode split and GO rail mode share association with key variables such as residential density and type of household. It also shows that within the GO rail catchment areas, strategies aimed at improving the local GO service conditions and accessibility had a statistically significant positive association with GO rail mode share. This study offers policy makers and planners a better understanding of the mode share of residents of commuter rail station catchment areas and its relationships with some of the key factors and trends.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP070 Standing Committee on Commuter Rail Transportation.

19-04550

English

17p

2019

Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Catchment areas; Modal split; Mode choice; Policy; Railroad commuter service; Travel surveys; Walking distance

GO Transit

Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)

Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2019 Paper #19-04550

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 7 2018 9:42AM