Bi-level decisions of vacant taxi drivers traveling towards taxi stands in customer-search: Modeling methodology and policy implications

Transport Policy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-81

  Wong, R C P ^a   Szeto, W Y ^a   Wong, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behavior of vacant taxi drivers; Sequential logit model; Stated preference survey; Taxi customer search; Taxi stands

Indexed keywords

LOCATION DECISION; LOGIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; TAXI TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84896451528     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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