Analyzing commuter train user behavior: A decision framework for access mode and station choice

Transportation

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 211-228

  Chakour, Vincent ^a   Eluru, Naveen ^b  

^a Transports Quebec   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access mode choice; Commuter train user behavior; Latent segmentation model; Station choice

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DIGITAL STORAGE; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS; TRAVEL TIME;

ACCESS MODE; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; DECISION FRAMEWORK; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; SEGMENTATION MODELS; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; STATION CHOICE; USER BEHAVIORS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

COMMUTING; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRAIN; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84890869800     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-013-9509-y     Document Type: Article

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