Enhanced traffic information dissemination to facilitate toll road utilization: a nested logit model of a stated preference survey in Texas

Transportation

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 231-249

  Zhang, Guohui ^a   Wang, Zhong ^b   Persad, Khali R ^c   Walton, C Michael ^c  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Nested Logit model; Survey study; Toll roads; Traffic information dissemination

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS; EMPLOYMENT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ROADS AND STREETS; SURVEYS; TOLL HIGHWAYS; TRAFFIC SIGNS; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL TIME;

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS; MODEL SPECIFICATIONS; NESTED LOGIT MODEL; STATED PREFERENCE SURVEYS; TRAFFIC INFORMATION; TRANSPORTATION POLICIES; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 84927805902     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-013-9449-6     Document Type: Article

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