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This report documents work to update the Application System of the Sydney Strategic Model (STM). The Application System implements models of frequency, mode and destination choice for each of the nine travel purposes in the STM.
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Different market segments have varying postal service needs, according to RAND Europe research conducted for the European Commission. All consumers value parcel services, reliability, and low levels of loss, but big businesses value letter services more than small or medium businesses or the public.
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This report documents work to update the Population Synthesiser component of the Sydney Strategic Model (STM). The Population Synthesiser generates forecasts of the future Sydney population by spatial area and socio-economic segment.
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The mean value of travel time savings obtained from a random parameters logit model estimated using the respondents who received the D-efficient design survey was closer to what is typically found in the literature.
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This report provides new empirical evidence from a study into the factors influencing demand for high-speed rail in the UK. The forecasts developed from these models will inform the debate around the future of high-speed rail in the UK.
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This paper presents empirical findings from the comparison between two principal preference elicitation techniques: discrete choice experiments and profile-based best-worst scaling. Bes-worst scaling involves less cognitive burden for respondents and provides more information than traditional "pick-one" tasks asked in discrete choice experiments.
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In this article, we present an application of jointly estimated attitudinal and choice models to a real-world transport study, looking at the role of latent attitudes in a rail travel context. Our results show the impact that concern with privacy, liberty and security, and distrust of business, technology and authority have on the desire for rail travel in the face of increased security measures, as well as for universal security checks.
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How can planners anticipate new choices by road users? RAND Europe examines induced traffic effects.
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To help policymakers understand the privacy, liberty, and security trade-offs individuals are willing to make, RAND Europe examined three real-life case studies where these factors come into play: applying for a passport, traveling on the national rail network, and attending a major public event.
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Contrary to previous conclusions, the authors find that respondents do not tend to overweight private information when updating beliefs.
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This paper offers a critical overview of the full spectrum of household discrete choice-based automobile demand models.
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The popularity of light-duty trucks has increased with important implications for air quality, traffic accidents and gasoline demand.
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A substantial amount of research is presently being carried out to understand the complexities involved in modelling the choice of departure time and mode of travel.
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This paper examines the factors and incentives that are most likely to influence households' choice for cleaner vehicles in the metropolitan area of Hamilton, Canada.
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The focus of this paper is on the topic of elderly trip generation and the development of models to help formalise some important relationships between trip-making behaviour and personal, household and contextual variables (such as location).
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This report details joint research by RAND Europe, City University and the Kings Fund to investigate which factors might drive patients’ choices at the point of referral. The team used stated preference discrete choice experiments to explore patients’ preferences, from which they estimate models that provide insights into the types of information patients require as well as the value patients place on hospitals’…
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The London Patient Choice Project offers care options to patients who are eligible for treatment but have been waiting to receive it. Travel time, transport arrangements, hospital reputation and follow-up care influenced patient preferences in the choice process.
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This report describes a transport model with the following characteristics: the model is fast and easy to use, it distinguishes between many different population segments, and it focuses on representing transport over everyday distances. In the EXPEDITE project, carried out for the European Commission, such a model was developed and applied in forecasting and policy simulation for passenger and freight transport.
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Senior Research Fellow
B.A. in mathematics, Oxford University
PEOPLE
Research Leader; Deputy Research Quality Assurance Manager, RAND Europe
M.Sc. in transport, University of London; M.Eng. in civil engineering, Imperial College, University of London
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