Transport Accessibility: A Tool for Identification of Activity- Based Destination Choice Model for Port-Said City, Egypt

Abstract

The destination choice is an essential step of the travel demand modeling. Many previous studies were concentrated on land use which means that the utilization of land for different activities such as residential, commercial, industrial, educational, etc. is linked with travel demand. Accessibility is often seen to be an important determinant of the activities destination choice. This study is concerned with using the accessibility concept to investigate the utility function of the activity destination choice. A case study is Port Said (PS) City in Egypt. The characteristics of time, cost, and income level are obtained from activity based comprehensive transportation surveys. The benefit or utility of choosing a specific activity (BM values) are estimated based on the calculation of accessibility benefit from time-space geography measures for different zones in PS. Binary and Multinomial logit models were used for daily activities performed by individuals. During different time segment, the model predicts individual probability of choosing one of the following five activities: work, shopping, school, university, and Leisure. The accessibility benefits are examined associating with decreasing travel time (public transport-oriented development), improving income level for poor, and restricting car use. Finally, the model approved to be sensitive to different measures and hence it can be used as an effective informative tool to the decision makers.

Constructing Route Choice Mobile Application Using the Real-Time Traffic Information

“…The developed mobile application contains six screens as shown in Figure (8). The first screen allows choosing the direction of the trip (east bond or west bond).…”

“…One of the significant solutions to decrease such undesirable effects is to develop Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS) providing accurate real-time traveling information [7]. In Egypt, one of the important cities with multiple freight and travel activities is Port-Said city due to the presence of the entrance of the Suez Canal and East of Port Said Port [8]. Its importance and location, as a case study area, are illustrated in the following paragraph.…”