This paper explores the effects of trip purpose on price elasticity of bus mode. Data for the research was collected through passenger field survey in the city of Isfahan. Nonlinear regression and nonparametric statistics were used for analysis. It was found that the most suitable function to explain the relationship between percentage of change in demand and percentage of change in fare is logarithmic. This implies that increase in the fare has a diminishing return to scale on demand. Average values of elasticities were calculated as (-0.33) for educational trips, (-0.27) for shopping trips, (-0.26) for commuting trips, (-0.66) for leisure trips, (-0.26) for cure and treatment trips, (-0.35) for returning-to-home trips, and (-0.54) for other trips. Highest values were observed for leisure trips and lowest values for shopping and commuting trips. Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U test were employed to analyze the quity of elasticity values among trip purposes. Results show that differences are significant and therefore, trip purpose does have significant effects on the value of fare elasticity of transit demand.
Akbarzadeh, M., & Bandegani, M. (2019). Investigation of the Effects of Trip Purpose on Transit Fre Elasticiy
Case Study of Isfahan. Quarterly Journal of Transportation Engineering, (), -.
MLA
Meisam Akbarzadeh; Milad Bandegani. "Investigation of the Effects of Trip Purpose on Transit Fre Elasticiy
Case Study of Isfahan". Quarterly Journal of Transportation Engineering, , , 2019, -.
HARVARD
Akbarzadeh, M., Bandegani, M. (2019). 'Investigation of the Effects of Trip Purpose on Transit Fre Elasticiy
Case Study of Isfahan', Quarterly Journal of Transportation Engineering, (), pp. -.
VANCOUVER
Akbarzadeh, M., Bandegani, M. Investigation of the Effects of Trip Purpose on Transit Fre Elasticiy
Case Study of Isfahan. Quarterly Journal of Transportation Engineering, 2019; (): -.
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