Modelling stakeholders behaviour in transport pricing

Extended abstract. Submitted for the 13th International Conference of the International Association for Travel Behavior Research (July 15-19, 2012)

Modelling Traveller Behaviour under Emergency Evacuation Conditions

Dynamic traffic simulation models are frequently used to support decisions when planning an evacuation. This paper focuses on limitations in the modelling of travellers’ behaviour with respect to traffic information and compliance to evacuation instructions. More specifically, we propose a model framework where the traffic simulation is executed...

A review on travel behaviour modelling in dynamic traffic simulation models for evacuations

Dynamic traffic simulation models are frequently used to support decisions when planning an evacuation. This contribution reviews the different (mathematical) model formulations underlying these traffic simulation models used in evacuation studies and the behavioural assumptions that are made. The appropriateness of these behavioural assumptions...

Analysis of near-optimal evacuation instructions

In this paper, approximations of optimal evacuation instructions are analyzed. The instructions, consisting of a departure time, a destination, and a route, are for the evacuation by car of a population of a region threatened by a hazard. An optimization method presented in earlier research is applied on three different hazard scenarios...

Evacuation modeling including traveler information and compliance behavior

Traffic simulation models are often used to support decisions when planning an evacuation. Scenario analyses based on these models then typically focus on traffic dynamics and the effect of traffic control measures in order to locate possible bottlenecks and predict evacuation times. A clear approach to incorporate traveler information and...

STAQ: Static Traffic Assignment with Queing

Because of computation time issues on large networks, most strategic regional and urban transport models today use static instead of dynamic traffic assignment procedures. Mathematical models of traffic assignment are usually based upon Wardrop’s principle. To solve this static traffic equilibrium problem almost all applied static assignment...

Dynamic Equilibrium Assignment Convergence by En-route Flow Smoothing

An essential feature in many dynamic traffic assignment (DTA) models used for planning purposes is to compute the (dynamic) equilibrium assignment, where travellers follow user-optimal routes, leading to minimal experienced route travel times. To compute these time-varying route flows in the equilibrium assignment, an iterative procedure is...

EVAQ: An Evacuation Model for Travel Behavior and Traffic Flow

Rewarding for Avoiding the Peak Period: A Synthesis of Four Studies in the Netherlands

Charging road users for ‘bad behaviour’ may be used to improve mo-bility and alleviate congestion. Rewarding road users for ‘good behaviour’ may be used to achieve the same objective, however it sends out a positive instead of a negative incentive, and will therefore be more easily accepted by travellers con-fronted with such pricing policies....

The influence of motivational factors on choice behaviour

In this paper we investigate if and how motivational factors influence choice behaviour. We study four motivational factors: attitude towards car use, personal norm to reduce car use, car use habit, and perceived behavioural control to change car use to explain the choice behaviour of respondents in a stated choice experiment on the behavioural...

Model-based Optimal Evacuation Planning anticipating Traveler Compliance Behavior

Instructing evacuees on their departure time, destination, and route can lead to more efficient evacuation traffic operations. While current evacuation plan optimization techniques are limited to assessing mandatory evacuation where travelers strictly follow the instructions, in reality a share of travelers likely decides not to comply. Here we...

Experimental design influences on stated choice outputs: An empirical study in air travel choice

Sample optimality in the design of stated choice experiments

Recent research by Bliemer and Rose (2005, 2009, in press) and Rose and Bliemer (2005) suggest as a measure for calculating sample size requirements for models estimated using stated choice data, the S-error statistic. Prior to this, existing sampling theories failed to adequately address the issue of sample size requirements specifically for...

Modeling Departure Time Choice with Stochastic Networks

Stochastic supply and fluctuating travel demand lead to stochasticity in travel times and travel costs experienced by travelers from time to time within a day and at the same time from day to day. Many studies show that travel time un-reliability has significant impacts on traveler’s choice behavior under uncertainty. Different theories are...

A generic method to optimize instructions for the control of evacuations

A method is described to develop a set of optimal instructions to evacuate by car the population of a region threatened by a hazard. By giving these instructions to the evacuees, traffic conditions and therefore the evacuation efficiency can be optimized. The instructions, containing a departure time, a destination, and a route, are created...

Comparison of Different Toll Policies in the Dynamic Second-best Optimal Toll Design Problem: Case study on a Three-link network

In this paper, the dynamic optimal toll design problem is considered as a one leader-many followers hierarchical non-cooperative game. On a given network the road authority as the leader tolls some links in order to reach its objective, while travelers as followers minimize their perceived travel costs. So far toll has always been considered...

Evacuation plan evaluation: Assessment of mandatory and voluntary vehicular evacuation schemes by means of an analytical dynamic travel model

In this paper an evacuation simulation model is proposed, combining a dynamic travel demand component, an adaptive travel choice behavior component, and a dynamic network loading component. The travel demand component considers the primary choice facing the endangered residents, whether to participate in the evacuation, and if so, when to depart...

Analytical Dynamic Traffic Assignment with Interacting User-Classes - Theoretical Advances and Applications using a Variational Inequality Approach