COMPARISON OF ROUTE CHANGING BEHAVIORS ASSOCIATED WITH PERCEPTION AND POTENTIAL USE OF TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEM (ATIS) IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN CITIES

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Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS) has been applied in many countries. Yet the effectiveness of the system is heavily dependent on driver's behavior and response to the given information. The behaviors are somewhat unique for specific individuals (cities). The objective of the paper is to analyze the behaviors of drivers in different Southeast Asian cities, Bangkok (Thailand), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), and Singapore (Singapore), pertaining to changing route under influence of traffic information availability and travel situation. The results illustrate that the behavior of drivers in the three cities are different pertaining to the factors that affect them to change the route.