Estimating the value of travel time and of travel time reliability in road networks

Kenetsu Uchida

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2014, vol. 66, issue C, 129-147

Abstract: This study proposes two network models which simultaneously estimate the value of travel time and of travel time reliability based on the risk-averse driver’s route choice behavior. The first model is formulated as a utility maximization problem under monotonic and separable link travel times, whereas the second model is formulated as a utility maximization problem under non-monotonic and non-separable link travel times. The proposed models have the same structure as a user equilibrium (UE) traffic assignment problem with elastic demand. It is shown that the first model, which addresses independent stochastic capacity, is formulated as an optimization problem with a unique solution and is solved by using an algorithm for a UE traffic assignment problem with fixed demand. The second model, which addresses both stochastic Origin–Destination (O–D) flow and stochastic link capacity, is formulated as a nonlinear complementary problem. O–D demand functions formulated in the proposed models are derived from the utility maximization behavior of the driver in the network. Therefore, the network models proposed in this study are consistent with those of studies that address the value of travel time and of travel time reliability based on utility maximization behavior without considering the driver’s route choice. Numerical experiments are carried out to demonstrate the models presented in this study.

Keywords: Value of travel time; Value of travel time reliability; Road network (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2014.01.002

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