A study of freeway drivers' demand for real-time traffic information along main freeways and alternative routes

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-72

  Jou, Rong Chang ^a   Chen, Ke Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bivariate ordered probit model; Customized real time traffic information; Pricing

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; TRAVEL TIME;

ALTERNATIVE ROUTES; DYNAMIC TRAVEL TIME; ESTIMATION RESULTS; ORDERED PROBIT MODEL; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REAL-TIME TRAFFIC INFORMATION; TRAFFIC INFORMATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR INFORMATIONS;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

MOTORWAY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICING POLICY; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84876340911     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

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