Variability of Individual Travel Time Components
Publication: Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 110, Issue 3
Abstract
Each of the separate components of journey time is examined for a variety of travel modes (both public and private) between a single origin and destination pair. The components of travel time considered for variability include, for each mode, walk times, wait times, in‐vehicle time, and transfer times. The mean travel time is shown to be strongly dependent on departure time. The log‐normal distribution proves a useful, general descriptor of in‐vehicle times. Individual components of travel time on any particular journey are found not to be significantly correlated to one another.
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Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 110 • Issue 3 • November 1984
Pages: 340 - 356
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Copyright © 1984 ASCE.
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Published online: Nov 1, 1984
Published in print: Nov 1984
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