Choice of mode for long distance travel: Current SP-based models from three European countries
Year: 2009
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: We present the results of an econometric analysis of choice behaviours based on the RUM paradigm.We estimate and compare several parametric formulations of a panel mixed Logit model using SP data on long distance mode choice in three European countries (the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Portugal).The specification of the systematic part of the indirect utility function is flexible enough to account simultaneously for nonlinearities and interaction effects.Its random part is designed to allow existence of continuous unobserved taste heterogeneity and individual random effects.We find clear evidence of the presence of nonlinearities in modelling long distance mode choice.It is also found that accounting for both observed and unobserved taste heterogeneity improves also our understanding of choice behaviours.Our results show that perception and attention paid to the travel attributes differ from one country to another but also accross the population of travellers of each of the considered countries.
Institution: ETH Zurich
Language: English
Subfield: Transportation
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W309254155