A pooled RP/SP mode, route and destination choice model to investigate mode and user-type effects in the value of travel time savings

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Contributors

  • Basil Schmid - , ETH Zurich (Author)
  • Simona Jokubauskaite - , University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (Author)
  • Florian Aschauer - , University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (Author)
  • Stefanie Peer - , Vienna University of Economics and Business (Author)
  • Reinhard Hössinger - , University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (Author)
  • Regine Gerike - , Chair of Mobility System Planning (Author)
  • Sergio R. Jara-Diaz - , Universidad de Chile (Author)
  • Kay W. Axhausen - , ETH Zurich (Author)

Abstract

Being of great importance for transportation policy appraisals, we investigate mode and user-type effects in the value of travel time savings (VTTS) using a pooled RP/SP Mixed Logit modeling approach for mode, route and destination choice data. For a representative sample of Austrian workers, our analysis reveals population-weighted median VTTS estimates for car (12.3 Euro/h), public transportation (PT; 8.1 Euro/h), bike (11.7 Euro/h) and walk (10.2 Euro/h). Considering only those respondents who have used car and PT in the observation period (and thus are familiar with both modes), we find that four user characteristics are able to decompose this substantial difference in median VTTS between car and PT (i.e. the total mode effect) of about 4.9 Euro/h: Posterior means of individual and mode-specific VTTS distributions reveal a reduced mode effect for high income (4.6 Euro/h), female (4.5 Euro/h), low educated (4.3 Euro/h) and urban (3.0 Euro/h) user groups. Our results indicate that in the case of Austrian workers, characteristics of the mode are more important than characteristics of the users, and that the travel time spent in PT is valued less than in a car for all investigated user groups.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)262-294
Number of pages33
JournalTransportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Volume124
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2019
Peer-reviewedYes

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals

Keywords

  • Austrian workers, Discrete choice, Mode effects, User-type effects, Value of travel time savings