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Title:

Travel Mode Choice and Transit Route Choice Behavior in Montreal: Insights from McGill University Members Commute Patterns

Accession Number:

01371529

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

In developed countries such as Canada and the United States, a significant number of individuals depend on the automobile as the main mode of transportation. The high auto dependency, in turn, results in high auto travel demand on highways. There has been a stronger push towards analyzing traveler behavior at the individual level so that transportation agencies can formulate appropriate strategies to reduce auto dependency. Towards this pursuit of enhancing understanding of travel behavior, this paper examines individual home to work or school commute patterns in Montreal, Canada, with an emphasis on the transit mode of travel. The overarching theme within the research effort is to provide affordable and efficient alternatives to automobile use in Montreal. The authors investigate two specific aspects of commute mode choice: (1) the factors that dissuade individuals from commuting by transit, i.e. use the automobile to commute, and (2) for individuals commuting by transit they analyze the transit route choice decision. This research study employs a unique survey conducted by researchers as part of the McGill University Sustainability project. The survey collected information on commuting patterns of students, faculty and staff from McGill University along with residential and socio-demographic information. The analysis is undertaken using classical multinomial logit model for both travel mode choice component and transit route choice component. The estimation results are employed to undertake policy sensitivity analysis in order to provide recommendations to public transportation and metropolitan agencies.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP025 Public Transportation Planning and Development

Monograph Accession #:

01362476

Report/Paper Numbers:

12-3668

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Eluru, Naveen
Chakour, Vincent
El-Geneidy, Ahmed M

Pagination:

22p

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

Geographic Terms:

Montreal (Canada)

Subject Areas:

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

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2012 Paper #12-3668

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2012 5:18PM