Empirical evidence for taxi customer-search model

被引:38
作者
Sirisoma, R. M. N. T. [1 ]
Wong, S. C. [2 ]
Lam, W. H. K. [3 ]
Wang, D. [4 ]
Yang, H. [5 ]
Zhang, P. [6 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calgary, Dept Civil Engn, Schulich Sch Engn, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
[2] Univ Hong Kong, Dept Civil Engn, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[3] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Civil & Struct Engn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[4] Hong Kong Baptist Univ, Dept Geog, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[5] Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[6] Shanghai Univ, Shanghai Inst Appl Math & Mech, Shanghai 200072, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
mathematical modelling; transport management; transport planning; ROAD NETWORKS; HONG-KONG; SERVICES; COMPETITION; DEMAND; DESIGN; TRAVEL; PRICE;
D O I
10.1680/tran.2010.163.4.203
中图分类号
TU [建筑科学];
学科分类号
0813 ;
摘要
A mutinomial logit model of urban taxi services has been developed for the study of the operational characteristics of the taxi industry, in which it is hypothesised that the customer-searching behaviour of vacant taxis follows a multinomial logit choice model. Although the model is commonly used, little empirical evidence exists to validate the choice mechanism and determine the set of important factors that affect the choice. In the present study, a stated preference survey of 400 taxi drivers was conducted to analyse the customer-searching behaviour of vacant taxis. The results explain how the considered parameters of waiting time, journey time, travel distance and toll affect the driver behaviour when searching for customers. In addition, market segmentation analysis was carried out to study the effects of driver demographics and operational characteristics on the searching behaviour. The parameters that were considered in this section of the study were the age of the driver, taxi ownership, driver experience and marital status.
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页码:203 / 210
页数:8
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