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Calibrating The Intercity High Speed Rail (Hsr) Choice Model For The Richmond-Washington, D.C. Corridor

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  • Xueming CHEN

    (Virginia Commonwealth University, 923 West Franklin Street, Richmond, VA 23284, United States of America)

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This study aims to quantitatively investigate how the introduction of high-speed rail (HSR) influences traveler’s choice behavior. The study focuses on recalibrating the Florida-based HSR choice model to fit the intercity travel northward from Richmond, Virginia to Washington, D.C. The model takes a nested logit formulation and includes a binary marginal choice submodel to project travel behavior between aggregate ground and individual air transportation modes, and a trinomial conditional mode choice model to examine the travel behavior patterns within three ground transportation submodes: auto, bus, and rail. The data collected is based upon the base year 2008 market conditions, and the recalibrated model is used to forecast the year 2014 HSR levels of service. Empirical results show that reduced travel cost and other impedance factors stand to increase utility for HSR, even though the auto will continue to be the dominant travel mode.

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  • Xueming CHEN, 2011. "Calibrating The Intercity High Speed Rail (Hsr) Choice Model For The Richmond-Washington, D.C. Corridor," Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 6(2), pages 35-53, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:rom:terumm:v:6:y:2011:i:2:p:35-53
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    Keywords

    high speed rail; nested logit model; mode choice; Richmond; Washington D.C.;
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    JEL classification:

    • L92 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • R42 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Government and Private Investment Analysis; Road Maintenance; Transportation Planning

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