Integrated Land Management Information System

Abstract

Many endogenous factors have complex joint and causal interactions, making it difficult to predict travel behaviour. It is also widely
agreed upon that there is a connection between the method of transportation chosen for the commute and whether or not to include
interim activities into a work trip. Yet, the specifics of the connections between the two are unclear. This study proposes a mathematical
model to inquire into the sequence of trip chaining and travel mode selection, allowing for a more in-depth investigation of these topics.
This research employs the co-evolutionary technique to capture the interaction between transport mode choice and trip chaining using
household travel survey data from Beijing, China. Two MNL models, one for mode selection and another for trip-chaining, are
integrated with a co-evolutionary strategy. Commuters' judgements on which form of transportation to use and how to sequence their
trips differed, as shown by the data. Yet, the most prominent pattern is that trip chaining determines which mode is selected.