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Traditional mode share estimation fails to account for the dependence of transit ridership on biking and walking. In this study, the authors assess the effects of various bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure integration with transit on individual mode choice and predict the mode share outcomes of select infrastructure improvements and policies. The authors consider four variables relating to pedestrian to transit access: (1) sidewalk width, (2) lighting, (3) crossings, and (4) the speed of surrounding traffic and four variables related to bicycle to transit access: (1) bicycle lanes, (2) bicycle parking, (3) bicycle sharing, and (4) availability of bicycle storage space aboard transit vehicles. Teams of two researchers conducted intercept stated preference surveys near transit stations, and processed data using a random taste mixed logit model. Of the four pedestrian variables tested, the results predicted positive response to linking transit use with sidewalk width among approximately 87.5 percent of the population and presence of pedestrian crossings among 99.5 percent of the population. Likewise, 94.2 percent of the population are predicted to respond positively to transit given plentiful on-board transit vehicle bicycle storage. The model results are then extended to test two potential policy scenarios: (1) the improvement of pedestrian crossings to established “adequate” attribute levels, and (2) the provision of unlimited bicycle storage space aboard all transit vehicles. Implementation of either policy, according to the model, would result in a substantial reapportionment of mode share away from cars and towards transit.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP045 Standing Committee on Intermodal Transfer Facilities. Alternate title: Complete Transit: Effect of Integrating Walking and Bicycling with Transit Using a Mixed Logit Mode Choice Model

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16-2803

English

21p

2016

Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Access; Bicycling; Crosswalks; Lighting; Logits; Mode choice; Rail transit stations; Ridership; Sidewalks; Stated preferences; Traffic speed; Walking; Width

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2016 Paper #16-2803

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 12 2016 5:14PM