Choice of Urban Transport Modes for Work Trips

Sinha, H. K.; Khanna, S. K.; Arora, M. G.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-51020-5_15

H. K. Sinha⁶,
S. K. Khanna⁷ &
M. G. Arora⁷

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems ((LNE,volume 247))

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Choice of modes for work trips in medium size cities in India is a difficult one due to the constrained travel budget and characteristic large separation of homes and work places. Multiplicity of modes for urban travel is also a particular phenomena. In this paper a modelling effort for mode choice selection in Patna is reported where MNL and EBH techniques have been used. The models reproduce the observed behaviour very closely and revealed other travel characteristics of commuters in Patna.

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Department of Civil Engineering, Bihar College of Engineering, Patna, India
H. K. Sinha
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India
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Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Bruce G. Hutchinson
Department of Economics, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Peter Nijkamp
Department of Town Planning, Institute of Science and Technology, University of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Michael Batty

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Sinha, H.K., Khanna, S.K., Arora, M.G. (1985). Choice of Urban Transport Modes for Work Trips. In: Hutchinson, B.G., Nijkamp, P., Batty, M. (eds) Optimization and Discrete Choice in Urban Systems. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 247. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51020-5_15

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