Date of Award
Spring 5-2016
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.U.R.P.
Degree Program
Urban and Regional Planning
Department
Planning and Urban Studies
Major Professor
Dr. Bethany Stich
Second Advisor
Dr. David Gladstone
Third Advisor
James Amdal
Abstract
Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) provides a great platform for the planners to reduce environmental externalities from auto. We now have access to real time data. We have been using shortest path to provide route choice to the user. But we have the potential to add more variables in choosing routes. Real time data can be used to measure carbon di-oxide emission during a trip. Also, fuel efficiency can be measured using the real time data. Planners should use this potential of ITS to reduce the environmental impact. This paper thus try to evaluate if considering three variables shortest path, environmental impact and fuel efficiency together instead of only shortest path will change the route choice or not. It provides case studies on different types of routes and between different sets of origin /destination to evaluate the combined influence of these three variables on route choice.
Recommended Citation
Islam, Syed R., "Cumulative Impact of Shortest Path, Environment and Fuel Efficiency on Route Choice: Case Studies with Real-Time Data" (2016). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 2162.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2162
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