Measuring user benefits of changes in the transport system when traveler awareness is limited

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 536-547

  Chorus, Caspar G ^a   Timmermans, Harry J P ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Awareness; Bounded rationality; Consumer surplus; Logsum; User benefits

Indexed keywords

TRANSPORTATION;

AWARENESS; BOUNDED RATIONALITY; CONSUMER SURPLUS; LOGSUM; USER BENEFITS;

PUBLIC POLICY;

LEARNING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67349175980     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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