Modeling Destination Choice Behavior Incorporating Spatial Factors, Individual Sociodemographics, and Travel Mode
Publication: Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 136, Issue 9
Abstract
Destination choice studies have been primarily carried out in developed countries. However in China, a typical developing country, few studies about destination choice exist. In this paper, we propose nonlinear-in-parameters multinomial logit models to investigate the influences of spatial factors on both work and intermediate stop destination choices. We use individual sociodemographics, travel-activity attributes, and land-use characteristics as exogeneous variables. Individual’s destination choice behaviors with different sociodemographics and travel modes are examined as well. The models are applied to data collected in the city of Shangyu, China. Compared with previous studies, this research further distinguishes the size variables influencing destination choices for work and intermediate stop in the type and the extent to which each type of size variables exerts influence. Besides, the preferences to destination choices are more clearly illustrated, resulting from the typical occupation characteristics and commuting modes of China.
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Acknowledgments
This research is supported by National Natural Science Foundation (Grant Nos. NNSFC50738001 and NNSFC50908052) and National Basic Research Program (Grant No. UNSPECIFIED2006CB705501) of China. The writers thank Mr. Tao Wan for his partial work on the processing of the data. Finally, the writer also appreciates the anonymous reviewers and the editors of journal of ASCE, for they offered many valuable revision suggestions.
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Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 136 • Issue 9 • September 2010
Pages: 800 - 810
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Received: Nov 1, 2008
Accepted: Dec 1, 2009
Published online: Dec 28, 2009
Published in print: Sep 2010
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