Research Article

Exploring Influencing Factors of Intercity Mode Choice from View of Entire Travel Chain

Table 1

Summary of previous studies on intercity travel mode choice.

AuthorsDataTravel modesVariablesMethod

Forinash & Koppelman [32]Data collected by the Canadian national rail carrier through rail passenger reviews in the Toronto–Montreal corridorAirplane, express bus, car, trainFrequency, travel cost, in-vehicle travel time, out-of-vehicle travel timeNL
Bhat [36]Data collected by the Canadian national rail carrier through rail passenger reviews in the Toronto–Montreal corridorCar, airplane, train, express busLarge city, household income, frequency, travel cost, travel timeMNL, NL, heteroscedastic extreme value model
Bhat [33]Data from the Canadian national rail carrier in 1989Train, airplane, carIncome, gender, travel group size, frequency, travel cost, travel time, large cityMNL, NL
Bhat [33]Data collected by the canadian national rail carrier through rail passenger reviews in the toronto–Montreal corridorTrain, airplane, carIncome, gender, travel group size, day of travel, trip distance, frequency, total cost, in-vehicle travel time, out-of-vehicle travel time, large cityEndogenous segmentation model
Bhat [10]Data collected by the Canadian national rail carrier through rail passenger reviews in the Toronto–Montreal corridorTrain, airplane, carFrequency, total cost, in-vehicle time, out-of-vehicle time, income, gender, travel group size, large city, income, travel alone, day of travel, trip distance, weekend travelFixed- and random-coefficient logit models
Lee et al. [39]Stated preference survey conducted by the Korean society of transportation in the HoNam corridor in South KoreaCar, bus, train, airplane, HSRVehicles in the household, travel group size, baggage/children, higher income group, business trip, access/egress time, access/egress cost, in-vehicle time, travel costMNL, ML
Yao & Morikawa (2005)Data from railway users originating from one of the six main Japanese metropolitan areasShinkansen, airplane, regular train, express bus, carTravel cost, line-haul time, access time, frequency, share of working population, share of working population in service sector, attractivenessIntegrated mode/route choice model, destination choice model, trip generation model
Yao et al. (2002)SP&RP survey data from most areas of JapanHSR, train, airplane, express bus, carTravel cost, line-haul time, terminal time, frequencyNL
Wen et al. [11]Data from Taiwan HSR corporation RP & SP surveys in 2007City bus, train, car, motorcycle, express shuttle bus, taxiAccess cost/income, parking fee/income, access time/distance, waiting timeLatent class multinomial logit model, latent class nested logit model
Miskeen et al. [13]Data from a transport survey conducted by the author from all major intercity corridors in Libya in 2010Private car, intercity bus, airplaneAge, gender, nationality, monthly income, dwell time at destination, travel purpose, access distance to airport/bus terminal, total travel cost, car availability, privacy, convenienceMNL
Du et al. (2015)Data from intercity trips from lafayette, Indiana, to Washington, D.C.Airplane, rail, private car, public transitTravel time, travel fare, waiting timeBilevel optimization model, bilevel mixed-integer model
Zheng et al. [35]Data from a survey in five Australian state capitalsBus, train, carTime to station, waiting time, time in vehicle, fare, crowding level, time to destination, free wireless, laptop station, fuel cost, daily parkingRandom-effects logit model
Sperry et al. [16]Data from a survey of residents in two communities in central TexasAutomobile, intercity bus, intercity rail, regional airlineGender, age, number of vehicles in family, number of adults in family, number of children in family, educational level, annual household incomeRandom parameter logit model
Hess et al. [31]Data from northeast corridor (NEC) and cascade corridorRail, airplane, car, busGender, age, education, employment, households with fewer cars than adults, households with more cars than licenses, west coast, journey purpose, party size, trip length in terms of overnight stays, frequencyHybrid choice model