Abstract This paper presents an economic model of generalized travel cost and provides an empirical study of the parameters of the cost function. The route-choice model that is estimated combines McFadden's theory of qualitative choice behavior with a function for the value of travel time in which total trip time and the income level are assumed to influence the marginal value of time. The empirical results indicate that, for a sample of commuters in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1972, the value of time is a positive function of total trip time, but is not a function of income.
Route choice and the value of commuting time: An economic model of dichotomous choice
Transportation Research Part B: Methodological ; 17 , 6 ; 463-470
1982-12-10
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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