Evaluating the effects of information reliability on travellers’ route choice

European Transport Research Review

Original Paper

Roberta Di Pace¹  Gennaro Nicola Bifulco²  Francesco Viti³ 

[1] Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Salerno, Italy;Department of Transportation Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy;Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Belgium;

关键词: ATIS;    Travel information;    Stated preference;    Travel simulator;    Reliability;    Route choice;    Compliance;    Uncertainty;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s12544-013-0110-4

 received in 2012-11-13, accepted in 2013-06-18,  发布年份 2013

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

PurposeThis paper analyses travellers’ behaviour with respect to route choice in a context where an Advanced Traveller Information System (ATIS) is in place. ATIS are important applications in the field of intelligent transportation systems (ITS). However, the practical impact of ATIS is still a matter for debate, and identification of expected route choice behaviour under ATIS is one of the main ways to assess their practical importance.MethodsTravellers’ choices are frequently explored by means of stated preference (SP) approaches. In this paper we discuss some issues to be addressed when an SP survey is carried out, with particular reference to cases where a repeated choice approach is employed in the survey.ResultsOur analysis concerns an application of the SP approach in a pilot study aimed at identifying the effects of ATIS accuracy on travellers’ compliance with information.ConclusionsThis paper aims to make two major contributions. First of all, empirical analyses based on proper indicators and statistical tests are suggested in order to evaluate how the collected data have to be handled in order to eliminate transient route-choice observations. These are due to the warm-up phase inherently associated with the survey method adopted, dealing with repeated choices. Secondly, we analyse (stationary) route choice in order to assess the effects of information reliability (and the kind of information) on both route choice and compliance.

【 授权许可】

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