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Title:

ASSESSING USER BENEFITS OF TRANSIT SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS WITH SPATIALLY VARYING DEMANDS

Accession Number:

00676675

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/03611981

Abstract:

Transit planners recognize that spatially varying demands affect the assessment of transit system alternatives. However, they do not yet possess the tools necessary to properly determine the effects of the variation on estimates of user benefits. An extended measure of user benefits that is consistent with net consumer surplus from classical economic theory is presented. Also presented is the structure of a travel forecasting model that can show the effects of activity allocation, trip distribution, and route choice on net consumer surplus. Individual components of the model have already been extensively tested in practice and are described in the academic literature, but the transit ridership properties of the model, as a whole, have not been established. The model is capable of finding a joint equilibrium solution between activity allocation, mode split, trip distribution, and traffic assignment. Tests of the model on real networks indicate that spatial redistribution of activities resulting from a transit service improvement can be large enough to determine whether the improvement should be implemented.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1452, Travel Forecasting and Supply Models. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

01401254

Language:

English

Authors:

Horowitz, Alan J

Pagination:

p. 1-9

Publication Date:

1994

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1452
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Features:

Figures (4) ; References (15) ; Tables (5)

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Subject Areas:

Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Apr 27 1995 12:00AM

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