Analysis of travel mode choice and trip chain pattern relationships based on multi-day GPS data: A case study in Shanghai, China

Authors

Yuqiao Huang
Linjie Gao
Anning Ni
Xiaoning Liu

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2021

Subject Area

place - asia, place - urban, planning - methods, planning - travel demand management, ridership - mode choice

Keywords

Travel mode choice, Trip chain pattern, Nested Logit (NL) model, Monte Carlo (MC) method, Multi-day GPS data, Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategies

Abstract

As the propensity to link multiple intermediate stops in a trip chain (a sequence of journeys that starts and ends at home, includes visiting one or more locations) is more prevalent, the relationship between travel mode choice and trip chain pattern aroused the attention of academics. This paper examines two distinct structures to identify the decision process of travelers between travel mode choice and trip chain pattern: one structure in which trip chain pattern organization precedes travel mode choice, another structure in which travel mode choice decision precedes the organization of trip chain pattern. To accommodate multi-day behavioral variability and unobserved heterogeneity in personal characteristics ignored by traditional travel surveys, multi-day GPS data collected in Shanghai is employed to estimate these two structures within Nested Logit (NL) model. The Monte Carlo (MC) method simulates the switch of trip-chaining and mode choice under possible Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategies based on estimation results. The findings of this study are as follows: (1) trip chain pattern decision precedes travel mode choice, which means trip-chaining is organized first and affects travel mode choice; (2) complex trip chain is related to higher automobile dependency, and it is a barrier to the tendency to adopt public transit; (3) people who generally travel by automobiles might switch to public transit when private cars are unavailable, and an increase in household bicycle ownership enhances competition between the bicycle and public transit which leads people to turn to cycling. These findings help implement TDM strategies to develop sustainable transportation systems and optimize the urban trip structure.

Rights

Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.

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Recommended Citation

Huang, Y., Gao, L., Ni, A., & Liu, X. (2021). Analysis of travel mode choice and trip chain pattern relationships based on multi-day GPS data: A case study in Shanghai, China. Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 93, 103070.