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38TH CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
Candelaria Barrios Gonzalez
Ma Angeles Martmez Navarro
Departament of General Economics.Faculty of Economics, University of Cadiz, Cadiz,
Spain.
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The demand for urban transport: An application of discrete choice model for Cadiz.
ABSTRACT
The study of the demand for transport has among others apllications, the valuation of travel
time saving that is a very important question in cost-benefit analysis, and to adopt transport
policy tools.Since MacFadden developed a discrete choice model for travel demand, it has
usually been the application of this model to study the individual behaviour when he has to
choice among transport modes. Citizens of big cities have to face traffic congestion;
polution, wasted time in travels and fuel, noise, stress and accidents are the costs imposed
by congestion to society, elements that reduce the quality of life in cities. Public transport is
a real alternative to private transport that is socially less expensive, for this reason this
paper tries to forecast travel demand for public transport in Cadiz when travelling have to
choice between public or private transport, using a discrete choice model. The results of
this analysis (travel demand, value of time, elasticities) can be used to desing transport
policies that could reduce congestion.
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