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The Value of Advanced Traveler Information Systems for Route Choice

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David Levinson

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Over the next few years, driver behavior should become more informed with the advent and deployment of in-vehicle navigation systems. This paper analyzes systems that provide the driver the fastest path between his or her current location and final destination, updated in real-time to consider recurring and non-recurring congestion. The traveler¹s full cost per trip is a bundle comprised of both expected travel time and its reliability. This paper explores these topics from a theoretical economic perspective and then simulates stylized cases. Simulation results indicate that typical information benefits are at a maximum on the precipice of congestion, when vehicles are arriving at a rate of 95 percent of the capacity, while non-recurring congestion benefits are much greater.

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Paper provided by University of Minnesota: Nexus Research Group in its series Working Papers with number 200307.

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Date of creation: 2003
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Publication status: Published in Transportation Research part C 11(1) 75-87.
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Keywords: Transportation Information Systems; In-Vehicle Navigation; En-Route Guidance; Electronic Route Guidance; Advanced Traveler Information Systems;

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R40 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - Transportation Systems - - - General
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D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search, Learning, and Information
D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation

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  1. Richard H. M. Emmerink & Erik T. Verhoef & Peter Nijkamp & Piet Rietveld, 1996. "Endogenising demand for information in road transport," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer, vol. 30(2), pages 201-222.
  2. Al-Deek, Haitham M. & Khattak, Asad J. & Thananjeyan, Paramsothy, 1998. "A combined traveler behavior and system performance model with advanced traveler information systems," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 32(7), pages 479-493, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Emmerink, Richard H. M. & Verhoef, Erik T. & Nijkamp, Peter & Rietveld, Piet, 1997. "Information in road networks with multiple origin-destination pairs," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 27(3), pages 217-240, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Kene Boun My & Laurent Denant-Boèmont & Frédéric Koessler & Marc Willinger & Anthony Ziegelmeyer, 2006. "Road Traffic Congestion and Public Information: An Experimental Investigation," Papers on Strategic Interaction 2006-20, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Strategic Interaction Group. [Downloadable!]
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  2. André De Palma & Nathalie Picard, 2005. "Congestion on risky routes with risk adverse drivers," ERSA conference papers ersa05p423, European Regional Science Association. [Downloadable!]
  3. Caspar Chorus & Theo Arentze & Harry Timmermans, 2007. "Information impact on quality of multimodal travel choices: conceptualizations and empirical analyses," Transportation, Springer, vol. 34(6), pages 625-645, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Rong Zhang & Erik T. Verhoef, 2004. "A Monopolistic Market for Advanced Traveller Information Systems and Road Use Efficiency," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 04-014/3, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Lei Zhang & David Levinson, 2006. "Determinants of Route Choice and the Value of Traveler Information," Working Papers 200808, University of Minnesota: Nexus Research Group. [Downloadable!]
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