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Network Effects in Public Transit Use: Evidence from a Spatially Autoregressive Mode Choice Model for New York

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  • Frank Goetzke

    (School of Urban and Public Affairs, University of Louisville, 426 W. Bloom Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40208, USA, f0goet01@louisville.edu)

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This article empirically tests for positive network effects in transit use by applying a spatial autoregressive logit mode choice model with 1997/98 work trip data from New York City. Positive network effects exist when people prefer to use transit together with other people as a result of social spill-over. Although these network preferences should differ for each person, because of statistical restrictions in the model, individual network preferences cannot be obtained. However, it is possible to derive econometrically a measure of aggregate network preference. This paper can be seen in the wider context of other recent work focusing on the analysis of spatial dependencies and network effects in travel.

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  • Frank Goetzke, 2008. "Network Effects in Public Transit Use: Evidence from a Spatially Autoregressive Mode Choice Model for New York," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 45(2), pages 407-417, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:45:y:2008:i:2:p:407-417
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098007085970
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