Valuing attributes of enhanced traffic information: An experience in Kolkata
Most of the traffic information considers a single item like travel time or delay. In the present work, enhanced traffic information displaying instantaneous travel time and its variation from the previous interval to the present, is considered. An initial investigation is made on the effectiveness...
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| description | Most of the traffic information considers a single item like travel time or delay. In the present work, enhanced traffic information displaying instantaneous travel time and its variation from the previous interval to the present, is considered. An initial investigation is made on the effectiveness of such traffic information on route choice behavior of trip makers by valuation of attributes of the traffic information. Taking a case study of two urban corridors in the Kolkata metro city, India, the valuation is done separately for private car and taxi trip makers. The stated preference (choice based) data collected from trip makers are analyzed using both multinomial logit (MNL) and mixed logit (ML) modeling techniques. Assuming sparsely used constrained triangular distribution of random parameters, two different types of ML model are developed: one with independent choice sets and the other one by accounting heterogeneity around the mean of random parameter(s). Both family income and trip purpose are found to decompose heterogeneity around the mean estimate(s). The values of travel time and their variation presented in the paper encourage further investigation on such type of traffic information for management of congestion on alternative urban corridors both spatially and temporally.
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| spelling | doaj.art-208ed497bb2a46c28ffcde76b5c206c92022-12-22T04:11:34ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityTransport1648-41421648-34802007-09-0122310.3846/16484142.2007.9638120Valuing attributes of enhanced traffic information: An experience in KolkataDebasis Basu0Bhargab Maitra1Dept of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721 302, IndiaDept of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721 302, IndiaMost of the traffic information considers a single item like travel time or delay. In the present work, enhanced traffic information displaying instantaneous travel time and its variation from the previous interval to the present, is considered. An initial investigation is made on the effectiveness of such traffic information on route choice behavior of trip makers by valuation of attributes of the traffic information. Taking a case study of two urban corridors in the Kolkata metro city, India, the valuation is done separately for private car and taxi trip makers. The stated preference (choice based) data collected from trip makers are analyzed using both multinomial logit (MNL) and mixed logit (ML) modeling techniques. Assuming sparsely used constrained triangular distribution of random parameters, two different types of ML model are developed: one with independent choice sets and the other one by accounting heterogeneity around the mean of random parameter(s). Both family income and trip purpose are found to decompose heterogeneity around the mean estimate(s). The values of travel time and their variation presented in the paper encourage further investigation on such type of traffic information for management of congestion on alternative urban corridors both spatially and temporally. First Published Online: 27 Oct 2010https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/Transport/article/view/7791instantaneous traffic informationvalue of travel time and travel time variationstated choicemultinomial logitmixed logitconstrained T-distribution |
| spellingShingle | Debasis Basu Bhargab Maitra Valuing attributes of enhanced traffic information: An experience in Kolkata Transport instantaneous traffic information value of travel time and travel time variation stated choice multinomial logit mixed logit constrained T-distribution |
| title | Valuing attributes of enhanced traffic information: An experience in Kolkata |
| title_full | Valuing attributes of enhanced traffic information: An experience in Kolkata |
| title_fullStr | Valuing attributes of enhanced traffic information: An experience in Kolkata |
| title_full_unstemmed | Valuing attributes of enhanced traffic information: An experience in Kolkata |
| title_short | Valuing attributes of enhanced traffic information: An experience in Kolkata |
| title_sort | valuing attributes of enhanced traffic information an experience in kolkata |
| topic | instantaneous traffic information value of travel time and travel time variation stated choice multinomial logit mixed logit constrained T-distribution |
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