Mode Choice Modeling for Vadodara City

In the recent years, urban policymakers are faced with growing and complex problems of congestion. Therefore they have begun to ask for more sophisticated decision-making tools, including models to forecast travel demand and its effect under various circumstances. Discrete choice models have played an important role in transportation modelling for the last few years.This paper aimed for developing discrete choice models with several individual and mode attributes affecting the prediction of individual choice. The current study is for Vadodara, the third largest city in Western Indian State of Gujarat, the use of private vehicles increased the congestion and traffic problems of the city. For solving the congestion and other traffic problems there is a need to adopt more suitable mass transportation mode for Vadodara city.The survey was formed by the Stated Preference (SP) technique conducted for individuals from the peripheral areas of Vadodara City and the predictable travel mode choice behavior was analyzed. The findings showed that the travel time, travel cost, age of respondents, travel frequency and combination of both are the parameters that affect the mode choice of trip commuters.