Modelling commuting mode choice with explicit consideration of carpool in the choice set formation

Transportation

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 587-604

  Habib, Khandker M Nurul ^a   Tian, Yuan ^a   Zaman, Hamid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carpooling; Choice set formation; Commuting; Hybrid choice model; Mode choice; TDM

Indexed keywords

CARPOOLING; CHOICE MODEL; CHOICE SET FORMATION; COMMUTING; MODE CHOICE;

DECISION MAKING; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FORESTRY;

TRANSPORTATION;

CAR USE; COMMUTING; DECISION MAKING; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; MODEL TEST; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND;

ALBERTA; CANADA; EDMONTON;

EID: 79959233692     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-011-9333-1     Document Type: Article

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