Download or read book Route Choice Wayfinding in Transport Networks written by P.H. Bovy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the ever increasing number of opportunities, in every aspect of modem life, making choices becomes part of our daily routine. It is thus only natural that social scientists have started to study human choice behavior. Early efforts focused on modeling aggregate choice patterns of home buyers, shoppers, travelers, and others. Later studies, aiming to achieve more realistic results, have concentrated on simula ting disaggregate behavior. The most recent approach in choice research is the so-called Discrete Choice Modeling. It is a front-line area mainly in contemporary transportation, geography, and behavioral research. It focuses on individuals' decision-making processes regarding the choice of destinations, modes, departure times, and routes. Considerable research has been done on identifying and quantify ing the general rules governing the individuals' choice behavior, but to the best of our knowledge there is no single book that solely deals with route choice. The study of travelers' route choice in networks is primarily oriented towards gaining insight into their spatial choice behavior. How do people choose routes in a network, what do they know, what do they look for, which road characteristics playa role? On the basis of this information it is possible to design quantitative models aimed at predicting the use of routes dependent on the characteristics of the routes, those of the surrounding environment, and those of the travelers. In this way, traffic flows in the network can be calculated and the network performance can be evaluated.

Download or read book A Positive Model of Route Choice Behavior and Value of Time Calculation Using Longitudinal Gps Survey Data written by Cory Krause and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Survey of Route Choice Behavior written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Human Behaviour and Traffic Networks written by Michael Schreckenberg and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do people behave in different traffic situations? Are there general laws for mathematical modelling of decision dynamics? The answers, given at the first international workshop on "Human Behaviour in Traffic Networks", are presented in this volume. In 13 articles, well-known experts report about their current work on experiments and modelling in this area. The topics range from psychological behaviour in traffic situations, traffic simulations of various aspects and market analysis to experiments with human participants used in experimental economics. The articles filled with many illustrations are aimed at interested students as well as experts in this field.

Download or read book Dynamics of Route Choice Behavior Considering Traveler Experience written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drivers route choice behavior depend on their individual experience which has been accumulated through daily travel. They should predict travel times of alternative routes using preceding days' perceived traffic conditions, and then choose routes. This study is to analyze the dynamics of route choice behavior through laboratory-like experiments that repeatedly ask the participants for a hypothetical route choice and travel time prediction. The analysis considers the case where a pool of travelers depart from a given origin to a single destinaiton connected by two parallel alternative routes, and traffic conditions varying from day to day are represented by travel time.

Download or read book Stated Preference Study of Long Haul Commercial Vehicle Route Choice Behavior written by Yashar Zarrin Zadeh and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highway ON-401 is among the most congested roadways in North America with a substantial mix of both passenger and commercial traffic. This trend is expected to worsen as e-commerce continues growing alongside population and economic development. Alternatively, tolled corridors such as Highway ON-407ETR have the potential to minimize congestion by re-distributing system-wide traffic and lowering negative environmental and economic impacts. Research on commercial vehicle route choice is needed to inform planners in developing strategies that balance mobility and sustainability. Potential factors developed from an exhaustive literature review are incorporated into a stated preference survey on routing decisions. The results of this survey are used to calibrate mixed multinomial logit models estimating the probability of route selection for trucks. Findings indicate heterogeneity in truck route choice where on average, they are willing to pay up to $81 (2020 CAD) to save one hour of their travel time.

Download or read book Modeling of Commuters Route Choice Behavior written by Anirban Pal and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this research is to investigate the approach of a driver in choosing a particular route from various available routes while making a road trip. Route choice depends on individual characteristics, route features, trip purpose and various other attributes involved in trip making. Route choice behavior is studied through a means of questionnaire circulated amongst the faculty, staff and students at The University of Toledo. Socio-demographic information, trip characteristics and commuters' attitude in selecting a particular route are studied through the responses from the survey. Statistical analysis is carried out to determine the effects of such attributes as the route choice behavior and the way they differ with the purpose of the trip. This study adopts the method of principle component analysis in order to group certain attributes measuring same underlying values. Mann-Whitney Test, correlation analysis, binary logistics regression and grouping techniques are used to analyze the commuter route choice behavior in detail. It is concluded from this study that individual characteristics, purpose of the trip and route attributes are the factors that affect the route choice of commuters.

Download or read book Modeling Driver s Route Choice Behavior Under the Influence of Advanced Traveler Information Systems written by Samer Madanat and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Models of Commuters Information Use and Route Choice Initial Results Based on a Southern California Commuter Route Choice Survey written by Mohamed Ahmed Abdel-Aty and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper presents a statistical analysis of commuters' route choice behavior and the influence of traffic information. The analysis is based on a 1992 computer-aided telephone interview survey of Los Angeles area morning commuters. The results underscore the important relationship between the use of traffic information and the propensity to change routes. In addition, important relationships are uncovered relating the influence that commuters' socioeconomic characteristics and the level of traffic congestion they face have on traffic information use and route- change frequency. The results' important implications for advanced traveler information systems (ATIS) development are discussed.

Download or read book Travelers Route Choice Behavior in Risky Networks written by Hengliang Tian and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The accurate modeling of travelers route choice decision making when faced with unreliable (risky) travel times is necessary for the assessment of policies aimed at improving travel time reliability. Two major objectives are studied in this thesis. The first objective is to evaluate the applicability of a process model to route choice under risk where the actual process of decision making is captured. Traditionally, we adopt "as-if" econometric models to predict peoples route choice decisions. The second objective is to investigate travelers capability to incorporate future real-time traffic information into their current route choice decision making. Two separate stated preference (SP) surveys were conducted for each objective. The first SP survey used an interactive map in a computer based test. The second SP survey used a full-scale high-fidelity driving simulator. Compared with econometric models, process models have been rarely investigated in travel decision making under risk. A process model aims to describe the actual decision making procedure and could potentially provide a better explanation to route choice behavior. A process model, Priority Heuristic (PH), developed by Brandstatter et al. (2006) is introduced to the travel choice context and its probabilistic version, Probabilistic Priority Heuristic (PPH), is developed and estimated in this study. With data collected from a stated preference (SP) survey which is based on an animated computer interface, one econometric model, Rank-Dependent Expected Utility (RDEU) model, and two other alternative models were compared with the PPH model in a cross validation test to investigate their data-fitting and predictive performance. Our results show that the PPH model outperforms the RDEU model in both data-fitting and predictive performance. This suggests that the process modeling paradigm could be a promising new area in travel behavior research. With the advance of information and telecommunication technology, real-time traffic information is increasingly more available to help travelers make informed route choice decisions when faced with unreliable travel times. A strategic route choice refers to a decision taking into account future diversion possibilities at downstream nodes based on real-time information not yet available at the time of decision-making. Based on the data collected from a driving simulator experiment and a matching PCbased experiment, a mixed Logit model with two latent classes, strategic and nonstrategic route choice, is specified and estimated. The estimates of the latent class probabilities show that a significant portion of route choice decisions are strategic and subjects can learn to make more strategic route choice as they have more experience with the decision scenarios. Non-parametric tests additionally show that network complexity adversely affects travelers strategic thinking ability in a driving simulator environment but not in a PC environment and a parallel driving task only affects strategic thinking ability in a difficult scenario but not a simple one. In addition, we find that peoples strategic thinking ability are influenced by their gender and driving experience (mileage) in the non-parametric analysis, but not in the modeling work. These findings suggest that a realistic route choice model with real-time traffic information should consider both strategic and non-strategic behavior, which vary with the characteristics of both the network and the driver.

Download or read book Freight Travel Behavior Route Choice Behavior and Advanced Traveler Information Systems written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Route Choice Modeling Using GPS Data written by Nagendra S. Dhakar and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A positive sign on the path size attribute indicates that the route with less similarity with the alternatives is more likely to be chosen. Trips going to home are the least sensitive to the travel time and right turns than the other trips. Compared to home-based trips, non-home-based trips are less sensitive to intersections and time on local roads. On average, the expected overlaps (probabilistic routes) with the chosen route are similar to the deterministic overlaps (shortest time path). Also, there is a probability of about 50% that the predicted route will outperform the shortest time path. We envision this study as an important contribution towards the development of empirically rich route choice models. With increasing numbers of GPS surveys and benefits of using high-resolution roadway network, the availability of computationally efficient automatic procedures to generate the chosen routes and alternatives is critical. Further, the examination of route choice behavior in terms of travelers' demographics provides more insight into the route choice decisions.

Download or read book Study of Drivers Day to day Route Choice Behavior and Network Equilibrium in Advanced Traveler Information Systems written by Josep Barberillo Nualart and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pedestrian Behavior written by Harry Timmermans and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-19 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of pedestrian behaviour have gained attention in a variety of disciplines. Different technologies have been used to collect data about pedestrian movement patterns. This book aims to document these developments in research and modelling approaches. It includes modelling approaches such as cellular automata models and fluid dynamics.

Download or read book Investigating Route Choice Information Use and Learning with ATIS written by Kenneth Murray Vaughn and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Latent Factors and Route Choice Behaviour written by Carlo Giacomo Prato and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A behaviourally realistic description of route choice behaviour should consider variables that are both observable, such as travel time and cost, and unobservable, such as attitudes, perceptions, spatial abilities and network knowledge. This book focuses on route choice behaviour by analyzing spatial ability indicators and modelling route choices of individuals driving habitually from home to their workplace. This book presents the web-based survey designed to collect spatial ability information and observed route choices among morning commuters, the application of factor analysis to extract latent factors related to route choice behaviour, the comparison between path generation techniques and the estimation of route choice models with specifications that considered level-of-service variables and latent constructs from the factor analysis. Route choice modellers, transport planners and urban planners would benefit from results suggesting that the development of instruments to assess individual traits and the refinement of choice model structures would allow better prediction of route choice behaviour and better organization of congestion countermeasures.

Download or read book Traffic Information and Learning in Day to day Route Choice written by Enide A. I. Bogers and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: