Modeling and managing morning commute with both household and individual travels

Liu, W. , Zhang, F. and Yang, H. (2017) Modeling and managing morning commute with both household and individual travels. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 103, pp. 227-247. (doi: 10.1016/j.trb.2016.12.002)

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Abstract

This study investigates the morning commute problem with both household and individual travels, where the household travel is a shared ride of household (family) members. In particular, it considers the situation when a proportion of commuters have to drive their children to school first and then go to work (household travel). For household travel, departure time choice is a joint decision based on all household members’ preferences. Unlike the standard bottleneck model, the rush-hour dynamic traffic pattern with mixed travelers (household travelers and individual travelers) varies with the numbers of individual travelers and households, as well as the schedule difference between school and work. Given the numbers of individual travelers and households, we show that by appropriately coordinating the schedules of work and school, the traffic congestion at the highway bottleneck can be relieved, and hence the total travel cost can be reduced. This is because, departure/arrival of individual and household travels can be separated by schedule coordination. System performance under schedule coordination is quantified in terms of the relative proportions of the two classes of travelers and is compared with the extreme case when the same desired arrival time applies to both schooling and working. Furthermore, the efficiency of work and school schedule coordination in reducing travel cost is bounded. This efficiency is also compared with that at the system optimum where queuing is fully eliminated and schedule delay cost is minimized (achieved by a joint scheme of first-best pricing and schedule coordination).

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Liu, Dr Wei
Authors: Liu, W., Zhang, F., and Yang, H.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Infrastructure and Environment
Journal Name:Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0191-2615
ISSN (Online):1879-2367
Published Online:23 December 2016
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
First Published:First published in Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 103:227-247
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher

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