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Title:

Modeling Commuting Mode Choice with Explicit Consideration of Carpools in the Choice Formation: A Case Study in Alberta

Accession Number:

01340186

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

This paper investigates the option of considering carpool as an effective Travel Demand Management (TDM) tool. Carpool is already an existing urban commuting mode with a modest modal share (around 9 percent in many North American cities). However, with increasing interests in considering Carpool as an effective TDM tool for long-term sustained TDM program, there is a growing interest in critical investigation of the carpool mode choice. This paper investigates the carpool mode choice in the context of overall commuting mode choice preferences. The paper uses a hybrid econometric modelling technique of jointly modelling carpool consideration as well as commuting mode choice with response bias correction through the accommodation of measurement equations. Cross nested error structure is used to capture correlations among various existing commuting modes and carpool consideration in the choice set. Empirical models are estimated by using a large data set collected through a commuter survey by the City of Edmonton among its own employees. This specific employer-based data set is used to investigate complementary and supplementary effects of various TDM tools compared to carpool as a TDM tool. The results reveal that interactions between various TDM tools with carpool can be different at different level of decision making (choice set formation level and final choice level). The paper contributes carpool mode choice. It also contributes to TDM evaluation literature by unraveling critical behavioural elements to develop effective TDM programs.

Supplemental Notes:

The DVD lists the title of this paper as: Modeling Commuting Mode Choice with Explicit Consideration of Carpools in Choice Formation: Case Study in Alberta.

Monograph Accession #:

01329018

Report/Paper Numbers:

11-0327

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Nurul Habib, Khandker M
Tian, Yuan
Zaman, Hamid

Pagination:

23p

Publication Date:

2011

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

References; Tables (1)

Geographic Terms:

Alberta

Subject Areas:

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2011 Paper #11-0327

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 17 2011 5:24PM