Modeling the Influence of Socioeconomic Characteristics and Land Use on Commute Mode Choice in Madrid

Author

Li, Xia ; Shao, Chunfu ; Yang, Liya ; de la Hoz, D. ; Monzon, A.

Author_Institution

MOE Key Lab. for Transp. Complex Syst. Theor. & Technol., Beijing Jiaotong Univ., Beijing, China

Volume

2

fYear

2009

fDate

14-16 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

567

Lastpage

571

Abstract

This paper develops multinomial log it models of commute mode choice for female and male respectively. On the basis of the information of personal and household characteristics, a set of potential explanatory factors pertaining to the traveler´s socioeconomic situation have been defined. The 2001 Madrid census data has been employed to explore how socioeconomic factors, land use attributes, and travel distance influence commute mode choice. The empirical analysis indicates that land use attributes and travel distance considerations are important in explaining the variation in commute mode choice when controlling for the socioeconomic characteristics of travelers.

Keywords

demography; socio-economic effects; Madrid census data; commute mode choice; empirical analysis; land use attributes; multinomial log; socioeconomic characteristics; socioeconomic factors; travel distance influence; Civil engineering; Demography; Employment; Fuzzy systems; Laboratories; Paper technology; Parameter estimation; Pattern analysis; Regression analysis; Transportation; commute mode choice; land use; socioeconomic characteristics; travel distance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, 2009. FSKD '09. Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tianjin

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3735-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FSKD.2009.614

Filename

5359514