7: MTC MNL Mode Choice, Diminishing OVTT by Distance

7: MTC MNL Mode Choice, Diminishing OVTT by Distance

The primary shortcoming of the specification in Model 6 is that the estimated value of IVT is unrealistically small. At least two alternatives can be considered for getting an improved estimate of the value of out-of-vehicle time. One is to assume that the sensitivity of travelers to OVT diminishes with the trip distance. The idea behind this is that travelers are more willing to tolerate higher out-of-vehicle time for a long trip rather than for a short trip.

Model 7 ensures this result by including total travel time (the sum of in-vehicle and out-of-vehicle time) and out-of-vehicle time divided by distance in place of in- and out-of-vehicle travel time. (pp. 114)

d = larch.examples.MTC()
m = larch.Model(dataservice=d)
from larch.roles import P, X, PX
m.utility_co[2] = P("ASC_SR2")  + P("hhinc#2,3") * X("hhinc")
m.utility_co[3] = P("ASC_SR3P") + P("hhinc#2,3") * X("hhinc")
m.utility_co[4] = P("ASC_TRAN") + P("hhinc#4") * X("hhinc")
m.utility_co[5] = P("ASC_BIKE") + P("hhinc#5") * X("hhinc")
m.utility_co[6] = P("ASC_WALK") + P("hhinc#6") * X("hhinc")

We diminish the effect of ovtt by dividing its parameter by distance.

m.utility_ca= (
        + PX("totcost")
        + P("motorized_time") * X("(altnum <= 4) * tottime")
        + P("nonmotorized_time") * X("(altnum > 4) * tottime")
        + P("motorized_ovtbydist") * X("(altnum <= 4) * ovtt/dist")
        )
m.availability_var = '_avail_'
m.choice_ca_var = '_choice_'
m.ordering = (
        ("LOS", ".*cost.*", ".*time.*", ".*dist.*", ),
        ("Income", "hhinc.*", ),
        ("ASCs", "ASC.*", ),
)
>>> m.load_data()
>>> m.maximize_loglike()
┣ ...Optimization terminated successfully...
>>> m.calculate_parameter_covariance()
>>> m.loglike()
-3547.344...

>>> print(m.pfo()[['value','std_err','t_stat','robust_std_err','robust_t_stat']])
                              value    std_err  t_stat  robust_std_err  robust_t_stat
Category Parameter
LOS      totcost             -0.004  2.391e-04 -17.221       2.694e-04        -15.283
         motorized_time      -0.042  3.516e-03 -11.815       3.780e-03        -10.990
         nonmotorized_time   -0.047  5.496e-03  -8.636       5.355e-03         -8.863
         motorized_ovtbydist -0.181  1.787e-02 -10.138       2.284e-02         -7.933
Income   hhinc#2,3           -0.001  1.383e-03  -0.995       1.481e-03         -0.929
         hhinc#4             -0.007  1.914e-03  -3.787       1.884e-03         -3.848
         hhinc#5             -0.012  5.244e-03  -2.261       6.300e-03         -1.882
         hhinc#6             -0.008  3.188e-03  -2.583       3.530e-03         -2.333
ASCs     ASC_BIKE            -2.687  3.336e-01  -8.053       3.771e-01         -7.126
         ASC_SR2             -2.188  9.763e-02 -22.416       1.058e-01        -20.692
         ASC_SR3P            -3.518  1.229e-01 -28.615       1.272e-01        -27.662
         ASC_TRAN            -0.042  1.597e-01  -0.266       1.659e-01         -0.256
         ASC_WALK            -1.023  2.921e-01  -3.503       2.971e-01         -3.443