Browsing ITLS Working Papers 2010 by title
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The acceptability of road pricing: An application of a theoretical and analytical framework to the realities of decision making in Sydney
Published 2010-11-01The literature-based research is complemented by interviews with a modestly sized but diverse and informed sample of respondents. The interviews ‘test’ the conventional wisdom in the literature against the realities of ...Open Access -
Accounting for differences in modelled estimates of RP, SP and RP/SP direct petrol price elasticities for car mode choice: A warning
Published 2010-09-01Using a sample of 245 direct petrol price elasticities of car travel collected from 52 published mode choice studies, a random coefficient regression model is estimated to account for heterogeneity in the influence of the ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
The accuracy of proxy responses in a stated choice setting
Published 2010-04-01Data is typically gathered from an individual respondent who represents the group or the household. This individual is often identified as the “primary decision maker” and is often asked to provide responses as a proxy for ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Can GPS replace conventional travel surveys? Some findings
Published 2010-12-01Global Positioning System (GPS) devices have been considered as a substitute for conventional travel diaries for some time. However, only in the past year has a serious effort been made to trial replacement of travel diaries ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
CASH OR PREPAY? MOTIVATIONS FOR PASSENGER PAYMENT
Published 2010-08-01Against a backdrop of an increasing trend towards prepay-only bus services in Sydney, Forest Coach Lines (Forest), a private bus operator operating services in Northern Sydney, has been surprised that uptake of their prepay ...Open AccessOther -
A combined GPS/stated choice experiment to estimate values of crash-risk reduction
Published 2010-11-01This paper details the development and application of a Stated Choice experiment designed to explore motorists sensitivities to a kilometre-based charging regime focused around crash-risk reduction. Hypothetical responses ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Comparing GPS and prompted recall data records
Published 2010-12-01Global Position System (GPS) devices as a substitute for conventional travel diaries have been considered for some time but have only in the past year or so been seriously trialled as replacements. GPS devices cannot record ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Development of a GPS/GPRS prompted-recall solution for longitudinal driving behaviour studies
Published 2010-10-01This paper details the development of a GPS/GPRS data collection solution for a longitudinal (twelve week) study of driving behaviour in Sydney, investigating behavioural responses to variable rate charging. The study calls ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Development of a kilometre-based rewards system to encourage safer driving practices
Published 2010-09-01There is growing interest in using kilometre-based financial mechanisms to encourage safer driving practices and reduce accident claims. The rationale behind such an approach is that in addition to driver characteristics ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Does scale heterogeneity across individuals matter?
Published 2010-08-01There is growing interest in establishing a mechanism to account for scale heterogeneity across individuals (essentially the variance of a variance term or the standard deviation of utility over different choice situations), ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
An evaluation of TravelSmart tools for travel behaviour change
Published 2010-10-01Between 2005 and 2006, a TravelSmart project was introduced in targeted suburbs within metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia. A component of the project was to provide participants with tools to assist them to change their ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Factors that comprise driver boredom and their relationships to preferred driving speed and demographic variables
Published 2010-05-01Driver boredom is an area of driver behaviour that has received limited attention. This study explores the factor structure underlying driver boredom and investigates age and gender differences in the experience of driver ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
A framework for transport planning in Australia: With special reference to UK Eddington transport study
Published 2010-04-01The Commonwealth (Infrastructure Australia (IA)) is putting growing pressure on the States to improve infrastructure planning and particularly planning for transport services. Given the Commonwealth of Australia’s domination ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Heterogeneous truck routing policies with tour routing time restriction
Published 2010-03-01We study a heterogeneous full-truckload vehicle routing problem based on the case of a trucking company in Malaysia, where trucks originate from a depot and are dispatched to various parts of the service area. Each order ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Interactive stated choice surveys: A study of air travel behaviour
Published 2010-07-01Stated preference (SP) experiments are becoming an increasingly popular survey methodology for investigating air travel choice behaviour. Nevertheless, some evidence suggests that SP experiments do not mirror decisions in ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Interrogation of responses to stated choice experiments: Is there sense in what respondents tell us?
Published 2010-11-01There is an extensive and growing literature on the design and use of stated choice experiments. Such experiments are generally regarded as the preferred framework within which to collect data that is able to reveal the ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Literature review of induced travel
Published 2010-08-01Induced travel is the increase in travel attributable to transportation projects that increase capacity. This paper reviews the causes and impacts of induced travel. It discusses some of the debates in the literature around ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
The logistics implications of the emerging business model
Published 2010-05-01In what may eventually be called the fastest recovery from a recession in modern business we should be considering the lessons emerging from the 2008/9 financial crisis which witnessed the demise of corporate giants and ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Metropolitan bus service contracts (MBSC): Thoughts on the next round
Published 2010-01-01This paper revisits a number of themes that have played a crucial role in the debate on alternative contracting regimes for the provision and bus and coach services. We have selected seven crucial issues to reflect on: (i) ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Missing and inaccurate information from travel surveys: Pilot results
Published 2010-04-01During the implementation of a major regional household travel survey, known as the Victorian Integrated Survey of Travel and Activity 2007 (VISTA07) in Victoria, Australia, a pilot survey was undertaken using GPS to ...Open AccessWorking Paper