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Title:

Mobility Tool Ownership and Peak Period Non-Work Travel Mode Choice

Accession Number:

01370271

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

The paper presents investigations of mode choice behaviour for peak period non-work trips. Purely non-work trips within the peak period represent a significant portion of peak period traffic. In the case of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), the study area of this investigation, around 11 percent of peak period trips are pure non-work trips and auto driving is the dominant mode. In fact, more peak period non-work trips are conducted using the auto passenger mode than all transit modes combined. This heavy auto dependency for pure non-work trips in the peak period, when transit service is at its highest throughout the day, requires an improved understanding of such mode choice behaviour. This paper uses data from a household travel survey collected in the GTHA to investigate peak period pure non-work trip mode choice in the context of household mobility tool ownership (auto and transit pass ownership). The paper also proposes an advanced econometric modelling approach for investigating mode choice behaviour for peak period pure non-work trips. The model involves systematic parameterization of the scale parameter of a generalized extreme value (GEV) model to capture both heterogeneity in choice behaviour and heteroskedasticity across the population. Empirical models highlight the capacity of the heteroskedastic model in capturing preference heterogeneity and the influence of household mobility tool ownership on peak period pure non-work trips. Results indicate that increasing transit pass ownership levels would be beneficial for increasing social welfare. In the case of transit services, better spatial coverage is more effective at attracting riders than increased service frequency.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADB10 Traveler Behavior and Values

Monograph Accession #:

01362476

Report/Paper Numbers:

12-0968

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Habib, Khandker M Nurul
Sasic, Ana

Pagination:

26p

Publication Date:

2012

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2012-1-22 to 2012-1-26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Heteroskedasticity

Subject Areas:

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

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2012 Paper #12-0968

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2012 4:58PM