Driver attitudes towards display formats of real-time traffic information systems

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-19

  Wong, Wing Gun ^a   Lai, Ka Hung ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Driver attitude; Real time traffic information; Route choice behaviour; Stated preference; Variable message sign (VMS)

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DISPLAY DEVICES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REGIONAL PLANNING; TRAFFIC SIGNS;

REAL TIME TRAFFIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS (VMS);

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PLANNING METHOD; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0343340421     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081069908717636     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. B.G. Benson (1996). Motorist attributes about content of variable message signs, Transportation Research Record 1550, 48-57.
2. C. Caplice and H.S. Mahmassani (1992). Aspects of commuting behaviour: preferred arrival time, use of information and switching propensity, Transportation Research A 26A, 409-418.
3. J. Catchpole, A. Hancock and P. Cairney (1995). Driver comprehension of formats for presenting traffic information on dynamic signs, research report ARR 269, ARRB TR: Vermont South, Victory, Australia.
4. R.H.M. Emmerink, P. Nijkamp, P. Rietveld and J.V. van Ommeren (1996). Variable message signs and road traffic information: an integrated empirical analysis of driver's route choice behaviour, Transportation Research A 30(2), 135-153.
5. H.N. Koutsopoulos, T. Lotan and Q. Yang (1994). A driving simulator and its application for modelling route choice in the presence of information. Transportation Research C2, 97-107.
6. H.S. Mahmassani and R. Jayakrishnan (1991). System performance and user response under real-time information in a congested traffic corridor, Transportation Research 2C, 35-47.
7. J.S. Milton and J.C. Arnold (1995). Introduction to Probability and Statistics: Principle and Application for Engineering and the Computing Sciences, 3rd edn., McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York.
8. D. Pearmain, J. Swanson, E. Kroes and M. Bradley (1991). Stated Preference Techniques: A Guide to Practice, 2nd edn., Steer Davies Gleave, Richmond UK, and Hague Consulting Group, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
9. A. Polydoropoulou, M. Ben-Akiva, A. Khattak and G. Lauprette (1996). Modeling revealed and stated en-route travel response to advanced traveler information systems, Transportation Research Record 1537, 38-45.
10. E.D. Ramsay, J.E. Catchpole and J.Y.K. Luk (1997). Evaluation of VicRoads' drive time system, Research Report ARR 305, ARRB TR: Vermont South, Victory, Australia.
11. E. Shirazi, S. Anderson and J. Stesney (1988). Commuters' attitudes towards traffic information systems and route diversion. Transportation Research Record 1168. 9-15.
12. Transport Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (1998). Third Comprehensive Transport Study - Consultation Document, June 1998.
13. H. Tsuji, R. Takahashi, H. Kawasima and Y. Yamamoto (1985). A stochastic-approach for estimating the effectiveness of a route guidance system and its related parameters, Transportation Science 19(4), 333-351.
14. Wilbur Smith Associates and Hyder Consulting (1998). Feasibility Study on Electronic Road Pricing - Working Paper 2-1, January 1998, Consulting Report prepared for the Transport Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
15. S. Zhao, Y. Muromachi, N. Harata and K. Ohta (1995). A SP model for route choice behaviour in response to travel time information with marginal errors, Selected Proceedings of 7th WCTR Vol. 1, Eds. D. Hensher, J. King and H.O. Tae, Pergamon, New York, pp. 41-55.