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https://doi.org/10.3141/1604-05

http://scholar.google.com...glas&publication_year=1997

In traditional travel forecasting models, a limited set of attributes are used to describe transit utility. The transit access environment is one of the characteristics of the travel experience often ignored by the models in use today. A quantitative approach to incorporating the effects of the transit access environment into transportation planning models is presented. A measure called the transit friendliness factor, which is defined as a function of the characteristics of the area surrounding a transit stop, is proposed. These characteristics include the quality of the pedestrian facilities, the character of nearby streets, the presence of amenities at the stop, and the proximity to potential destinations. A method for evaluating both the existing and the future value of the transit friendliness factor is described. Application of the proposed approach is illustrated by its successful implementation in the mode choice model used in a study for the Triangle Transit Authority in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. In conclusion, the lessons learned and suggested future applications are discussed.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1604, Public Transit 1997: Planning, Management, Marketing, and New Technology.

English

p. 32-39

1997

Transportation Research Record

0309062071

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Access; Mathematical models; Mode choice; Quantitative analysis; Transportation; Transportation planning

Quantifying; Transportation models

Research Triangle Park (North Carolina)

Research Triangle Park (North Carolina)

Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General)

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 22 1997 12:00AM

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