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Assignment 3 Mode Choice Models

The document is an assignment from a student named Alieu Sesay at Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone. The assignment involves modeling mode choice for commuters using different transportation options. In part a), the student determines that constructing an exclusive bus lane reduces bus travel time to 10 minutes, increasing bus ridership to 1020 trips from 912 predicted originally. In part b), allowing shared vehicles to also use the lane slightly reduces bus use to 944 trips. In part c), offering free bus fare equalizes the utility of bus and shared rides, with each attracting 1096 trips.

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Assignment 3 Mode Choice Models

The document is an assignment from a student named Alieu Sesay at Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone. The assignment involves modeling mode choice for commuters using different transportation options. In part a), the student determines that constructing an exclusive bus lane reduces bus travel time to 10 minutes, increasing bus ridership to 1020 trips from 912 predicted originally. In part b), allowing shared vehicles to also use the lane slightly reduces bus use to 944 trips. In part c), offering free bus fare equalizes the utility of bus and shared rides, with each attracting 1096 trips.

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UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE

FOURAH BAY COLLEGE (FBC)

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

STUDENT NAME: ALIEU SESAY


STUDENT ID: 37970
MODULE NAME: URBAN TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING
MODULE CODE: CENG 521
DEPARTMENT: CIVIL ENGINEERING
LECTURERE: DR. ALBERT FORDE
ASSIGNMENT 3 MODE CHOICE MODELS
MODE CHOICE MODELS ASSIGNMENT 3: Due Wednesday September 2 nd

A bus company is making costly efforts in an attempt to increase work trip bus usage for the travel
conditions described in Example 6. An exclusive bus lane is constructed that reduces bus travel
time to 10 minutes.

a) Determine the modal distribution of trips after the lane is constructed.

b) If shared-ride vehicles are also permitted to use the facility, and travel time for bus and shared
ride modes is 10 min, determine the modal distribution.

c) Given the conditions described in part b, determine the modal distribution if the bus company
offers free bus service.

DATA GIVEN

From example 6

𝑈 = 0.4

𝑈 = −0.4

Workers (generating vehicle-based trips) depart for work during the peak hour = 4000

SOLUTION

a). After the bus lane construction, the modal utilities of drive-alone and shared-ride are unchanged
from those in example 6. However, the bus modal utility becomes

𝑈 = −0.2(1.0) − 0.01(10) = −0.3

From equation 1 with 4000 work trips, Consider automobile drive –alone 𝑈
.
𝑃 = . . .
− − − − − 𝐸𝑞. 1

.
𝑃 = = 0.514
.

𝑃 = 𝑂. 514(4000) = 2056 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑠

CONSIDER AUTOMOBILE SHARED-RIDE (SR)

ALIEU SESAY ID 37970


.
𝑃 = 0.231 → 𝑃 = 0.231(4000) = 924 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑠
.

Let consider BUS (B)

.
𝑃 = = 0.255 → 0.255(4000) = 1020𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑠
.

Or an increase of 108 bus patrons from the prediction of example 6.

b) With the bus lane opened to shared-ride vehicles, only the modal utility of shared will change
from those in part (a) to:

𝑈 = 0.8 − 0.2(3) − 0.03(10) = −0.1

From equation 1 with 4000 work trips,

Consider automobile drive – alone (DL)


𝑒 . 1.492
𝑃 = .
=→ 𝑃 = = 0.476
𝑒 + 𝑒 . + 𝑒 . 3.137

𝑃 = 0.476(4000) = 1904 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑠

LET CONSIDER AUTOMOBILE SHARED- RIDE (SR)


0.905
𝑃 = 0.288 → 𝑃 = 0.288(4000) = 1152 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑠
3.137
LET CONSIDER BUS (B)
.
𝑃 = 0.236 → 𝑃 = 0.236(4000) = 944 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑠
.

Or a loss of 77 bus patrons and a gain of 229 shared-ride users relative to part (a)

c) With free bus fare, the bus modal utility becomes (with other utilities unchanged from part (b),

𝑈 = −0.2(0) − 0.01(10) = −0.1

From equation 1 with 4000 work trips

ALIEU SESAY ID 37970


𝑒 . 1.492
𝑃 = .
=→ 𝑃 = = 0.452
𝑒 + 𝑒 . + 𝑒 . 3.301
𝑃 = 0.452(4000) = 1808 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑠

LET CONSIDER AUTOMOBILE SHARED- RIDE (SR)


0.905
𝑃 = 0.274 → 𝑃 = 0.274(4000) = 1096 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑠
3.301

CONSIDER BUS (B)

0.905
𝑃 = 0.274 → 𝑃 = 0.274(4000) = 1096 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑠
3.301

Or a loss of 76 bus patrons compared with part (b)

ALIEU SESAY ID 37970

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