time. This shows that waiting time is more onerous for passengers than in-vehicle travel time, as reported in similar studies. Besides, the subjective value of the in-vehicle travel time is around 6.9 $/h. On the other hand, value of waiting time is equal to 26.4 $/h for all transit riders.
As for the effect of transit technology, it is clearly shown that transit users have negative perception for street transit (e.g.streetcar and bus) compared to the rapid transit option (e.g. subway). Moreover, the model also shows that females are more likely to take public transit and less likely to cycle than males. Further, it is found that younger commuters (18–35 years) have high propensity to walk. On the other hand, auto ownership has a positive sign associated with car use as expected. This might be considered an early indication of car use habit formation.
The presented RP data-based mode choice model explicitly models auto drive and auto passenger trips as separate modes of travel. This implies that this basic model structure is well suited to the analysis of car driver and auto passenger related policies (e.g. toll, HOV lane implementations, etc.). However, it must be noted that this model is very simple and may suffer from the major drawbacks of traditional mode choice models. Therefore, this model is not useful for detailed mode shift analysis.
The developed RP data-based mode choice model presents an important first step towards a policy sensitive model of
shifting to public transit, yet much work remains to actually achieve full policy sensitivity. In order to improve the capabilities of the developed model, behavioural factors are introduced to the model structure as latent variables in the following section