Public transportation in Cartagena, Colombia : understanding preferences using discrete choice models

This paper revisits the data set collected by Toro, Alvis and Arellano (2005) in order to evaluated three main models in transportation: probit, conditional logit, and the nested logit. The results show that the advantages of other transportation modes over buses are their lower travel and waiting t...

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Fecha de publicación:
2013
Institución:
Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
Repositorio:
Repositorio Institucional UTB
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.utb.edu.co:20.500.12585/9820
Acceso en línea:
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12585/9820
Palabra clave:
Transporte urbano -- Investigaciones
Urban transportatin -- Research ur
Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) -- Publicaciones seriadas
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openAccess
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Summary:This paper revisits the data set collected by Toro, Alvis and Arellano (2005) in order to evaluated three main models in transportation: probit, conditional logit, and the nested logit. The results show that the advantages of other transportation modes over buses are their lower travel and waiting times. Additionally, it was found that a traveler facing equal times and cost would prefer bus rather than other alternatives