Public Transit in New York: Keep Up with the Trend - A Case Study of Mode Choices in the New York Metropolitan Region

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• Creators:
  Chen, Cynthia ; Gong, Hongmian ; Paaswell, Robert
• Corporate Creators:
  City College of New York ; Hunter College
• Corporate Contributors:
  University Transportation Research Center – Region 2 ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Case studies
  • Decision making
  • Mode choice
  • Multinomial logits
  • Population
  • Public transit
  • Transit operating agencies
  • Built environment Home-based work tours
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  New York (New York)
• Corporate Publisher:
  University Transportation Research Center – Region 2
• Abstract:
  This project investigates the role of the built environment in mode choice decisions for home-based work tours in the New York Metropolitan Region. The analysis is conducted using a multinomial logit model. There are two main results of this study. First, the built environment influences people’s mode choice decisions, even after controlling cost variables. Population and employment densities have explanatory power, so do the variables measuring the access distance between the nearest mass transportation facility and a stop in the tour. Second, tour characteristics do affect mode choices. Mode choice decisions shall be analyzed with tours as the analysis unit.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62095/dot_62095_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 164.84 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:aca9e0a2df7ec51b4c626212e4a0a34cd43da87518de0e8ab3af1ee20ad2ba6613420a535fef06dbc4add15471f94da5659c7ba16e5e66a2794adb2577c829a1