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The modelling of motorcycle ownership and usage: a UK study

Journal Article
Burge, P., Fox, J., Kouvenhoeven, M., Rohr, C., & Wigan, M. (2007)
The modelling of motorcycle ownership and usage: a UK study. Transportation research record, 59-68. https://doi.org/10.3141/2031-08
This paper presents work, undertaken for the UK Department for Transport, to help determine how policy could affect motorcycle usage. There are two important choices that dete...

Investigation and analysis of evidence of asymmetric churn in travel demand models.

Journal Article
Saleh, W. & Farrell, S. (2007)
Investigation and analysis of evidence of asymmetric churn in travel demand models. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 41, 691-702. doi:10.1016/j.tra.2006.09.016. ISSN 0965-8564
There is a large amount of research work that has been devoted to the understanding of travel behaviour and for the prediction of travel demand and its management. Different t...

Accessibility and transport.

Working Paper
Stradling, S. G., Carreno, M., Ferguson, N., Rye, T., Halden, D., Davidson, P., …Wigan, M. (2005)
Accessibility and transport
The Topic Report uses a number of multivariate statistical analyses to examine the inter-linking of person and household characteristics with travel availability measures look...

Effect of attribute perceptions on mode choice behavior in a transit market.

Journal Article
Wan, Q., & Lo, H. K. (2005)
Effect of attribute perceptions on mode choice behavior in a transit market. Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 6, 1740-1750. https://doi.org/10.11175/easts.6.1740
Random utility models are often used to model traveler mode choice behavior in the demand analysis of a transit system. Transit operators might base their policy and operation...

Implementing Road User Charging: The Lessons Learnt from Hong Kong, Cambridge and Central London

Journal Article
Ison, S. G., & Rye, T. (2005)
Implementing Road User Charging: The Lessons Learnt from Hong Kong, Cambridge and Central London. Transport Reviews, 25(4), 451-465. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144164042000335788
Road user charging has long been advocated as a means of dealing with congestion in urban areas. Numerous schemes have been proposed but have advanced little beyond the drawin...

Modeling competitive multi-modal transit services; a nested logit approach.

Journal Article
Wan, Q. K., Lo, H. K., Yip, C., & Wan, Q. (2004)
Modeling competitive multi-modal transit services; a nested logit approach. Transportation Research Part C : Emerging Technologies, 12(3-4), 251-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2004.07.011
In metropolitan areas where multi-modal trips are common, modeling the combined-mode choices of travelers, and the strategic interactions between the private service operators...

Human movement behaviour in urban spaces: Implications for the design and modelling of effective pedestrian environments.

Journal Article
Willis, A., Gjersoe, N., Havard, C., Kerridge, J. & Kukla, R. (2004)
Human movement behaviour in urban spaces: Implications for the design and modelling of effective pedestrian environments. Environment and planning. B, Planning & design. 31, 805-828. doi:10.1068/b3060. ISSN 1472-3417
Despite a burgeoning research effort directed at the design and modelling of effective urban spaces for pedestrians, remarkably little is known about how pedestrians actually ...

Densification and urban compaction: reinforcing the drive for sustainability.

Journal Article
Cooper, J. A., Donegan, K. S., Ryley, T. J., Smyth, A. & Granzow, E. (2002)
Densification and urban compaction: reinforcing the drive for sustainability. Transportation research record. 1817, 102-109. doi:10.3141/1817-13. ISSN 0361-1981
The consumer response to sustainable development initiatives provided the focus for a series of research projects undertaken at the Transport Research Institute at Napier Univ...