Study on Choice Model of Departure Time Based on Disutility of Going to City Centre Activity

Abstract

This paper attempts to propose departure time choice model of travelers for going to city centre based on disutility that derived from three processes of going to a place for an activity. The first is leaving home process: process from leaving home or origin to arrival at the place or destination in city centre. The second is staying at the activity place: process from arrival at the destination to the leaving the place to return home. The third is returning home: process from leaving destination to arrival at home. The model was applied to the people who went to a city centre for daily shopping. By a goodness of fit test, it was revealed the proposed model was acceptable. The model is to be applied to develop a mode choice model in further studies.