APPLICATION OF A NESTED LOGIT BASED SIMULATION MODEL TO BICYCLE PARKING CHOICE BEHAVIOR IN A CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

Abstract

The number of bicycles illegal parked in the Central Busines District has increased.This has caused many problems, thus effectively strategies are necessary to resolve them. This study aimed to ascertain bicycle parking choice behavior and examine parking strategies. First, the conditions related to riders' behavior for bicycle parking choice were investigated and features analyzed. Next, entry point areas were classified considering the riders starting point. Based on statistics of riders actual utilization of parking, parking zones were set up. A bicycle parking choice model was then constructed. This model was based on a nested logit model on the assumption that the three stages of the riders' parking process were as follows: parking style selection, parking zone selection in a parking style, parking place selection in a parking style and zone. Finally a simulation, of the parking process was carried out by adopting the choice model we constructed . Based on the simulation, bicycle parking strategies for central business district were examined. As a result of carrying out the parking process simulation by adopting the constructed choice model, the selection process for riders' bicycle parking was very accurately illustrated and the applicability of the proposed model was confimed.