The Effect of Parking Charges at Transit Stations on 'Park and Ride' Mode Choice: Lessons Learned from a Stated Preference Survey in Greater Vancouver

摘要

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of increasing parking charges at park andride stations on mode choice for current park and ride users. To address this objective, a StatedPreference (SP) survey was designed to study commuters' willingness to pay for parking at parkand ride transit stations. The SP survey was conducted at the 14 busiest park and ride transitstations in the Greater Vancouver Region (GVR). The survey data was then used to model modechoice for longer distance commuting trips considering three major options: 'automobile all-way', 'transit all-way' and 'park and ride'. A heteroskedastic multinomial logit model for statedpreference of modal choices was estimated. The model included several major factors that arefound to influence mode choice at park and ride stations. The estimated model parameters werethen used to investigate direct and cross elasticities of parking charges at park and ride stations tomode choices. The model results show that increasing parking charges at park and ride stations ismore likely to divert current park and ride users to the transit all-way option compared to theprivate car all-way option.