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Journal of Transportation and Statistics - Volume 8, Number 2

Journal of Transportation and Statistics
Volume 8 Number 2

2005
ISSN 1094-8848

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Contributors
Editorial Board
Front Matter
Paper 1 - Precision of Geocoded Locations and Network Distance Estimates by V.S. Chalasani, J.M. Denstadli, Ø. Engebretsen, and K.W. Axhausen
Table 1 - 2001 NPTS: Geo-Information and Accuracy Level
Table 2 - 2001 NPTS: Accuracy of the Geocoded Trip Origins and Destinations by Area and Location
Table 3 - Mikrozensus 2000: Rating of the Matching Quality by Type of Location
Table 4 - Mikrozensus 2000: Matching Quality by Stage End
Table 5 - 2003 Thurgau: Matching Quality
Table 6 - Mikrozensus 2000: Quality of the Geocoding of Trip Origins and Destinations
Table 7 - Mikrozensus 2000: Distribution of the Reported and Calculated Distances
Table 8 - Mikrozensus 2000: Detour Factors Between Different Distance Estimates
Table 9 - 2003 Thurgau: Detour Factors Between Different Distance Estimates
Table 10 - 2001 NPTS: Mean and Median Detour Factors Between STPD and Crow-Fly Distance by Distance Band
Table 11 - 2001 NPTS: Distribution of the Relative Deviations of Reported to STPD Estimates by Distance
Table 12 - 2001 NPTS: Detour Factors Between Reported and Shortest Time Path Distance
Table 13 - 2000 Mikrozensus: Detour Factors Between Reported and Shortest Distance Path Distance
Table 14 - 2003 Thurgau: Detour Factors Between Reported and Shortest Distance Path Distance
Table 15 - Mikrozensus 2000: Linear Regression of Detour Factors Between Reported and Shortest Distance Path Distance on Reported Speed
Figure 1 - Mikrozensus 2000: Comparison of the Distance Distributions
Figure 2 - Ratios of Shortest Time Paths with Crow-Fly Distances
Figure 3 - Statistics for the Distributions of Reported Distance Deviations with Respect to Calculated Distances
Paper 2 - Respondent Behavior in Discrete Choice Modeling with a Focus on the Valuation of Travel Time Savings by David A. Hensher and John M. Rose
Table 1 - Trip Attributes in Stated Choice Design
Table 2 - Profile of the Attribute Range in the SC Design
Table 3 - Summary of Empirical Results
Table 4 - Incidence of Mixtures of Attributes Processed
Table 5 - Values of Travel Time Savings (VTTS)
Figure 1 - Example of a Stated Choice Screen
Figure 2 - Computer-Aided Personal Interview Questions on Attribute Relevance
Figure 3 - Distribution of VTTS Under Alternative Attribute Processing Rules
Paper 3 - A Classification Tree Application to Predict Total Ship Loss by Dimitris X. Kokotos and Yiannis G. Smirlis
Table 1 - Percentage of Accident Cases with Total Ship Loss for Different Types of Accidents
Table 2 - Percentage of Accident Cases with Total ship Loss in Different Geographic Locations
Table 3 - Classification Rates After Adjustment of Misclassification Cost for Total Loss = "yes"
Table 4 - Conditions per Node for Expanding the Classification Tree
Figure 1 - Relationship between the Type of Accident and the Type of Ship
Figure 2 - Classsification of the Geographic Areas
Figure 3 - Classification Tree Produced using Exhaustive CHAID after the Adjustments in Misclassification Costs
Paper 4 - U.S. Transportation Models Forecasting Greenhouse Gas Emissions: An Evaluation from a User's Perspective by David Chien
Table 1 - Technical Operating and Descriptive Characteristics for GHG Forecasting Models
Paper 5 - Estimating Confidence Intervals for Transport Mode Shore by Stephen D. Clark and John McKimm
Table 1 - The Range of Measurement Errors for Buses
Table 2 - Minimum Sample Size Requirements to Detect a Range of Target Reductions
Table 3 - Estimated Standard Deviations for Mode Shares
Figure 1 - Map Showing the Leeds Central Cordon and Arterial Corridors
Figure 2 - Distribution of Car Mode Share
Figure 3 - Estimated Single-Car Occupancey Mode Share
Paper 6 - Analysis of Work Zone Gaps and Rear-End Collision Probability by Dazhi Sun and Rahim F. Benekohal
Table 1 - Work Zone Platoon Characteristics
Table 2 - Gap Size of Platooning Vehicles in Work Zones
Table 3 - Results of z-test for Time Gap
Figure 1a - Percentage of Traffic in Platoons vs. Flow Rate: Four-Second Headway
Figure 1b - Percentage of Traffic in Platoons vs. Flow Rate: Three-Second Headway
Figure 2a - Platoon Size Distribution: Short-Term Work Zone
Figure 2b - Platoon Size Distribution: Long-Term Work Zone
Figure 3 - Effect of Platoon Size on Gap
Figure 4 - Gap Distribution
Figure 5 - Probability of a Rear-End Collision
Figure 6a - Probability and mean Size of Rear-End Collisions: Probability of Rear-End Collisions
Figure 6b - Probability and mean Size of Rear-End Collisions: Mean Number of Rear-End Collisions
Appendix
Paper 7 - Sampling and Estimation Techniques for Estimating Bus System Passenger-Miles by Peter G. Furth
Table 1 - Comparison of Sampling Strategies
Table 2 - Stratified Ratio Sampling Statistics
Book Reviews
Data Review
Table 1 - Percentage Change in the Transportation Services Index by Month since January 2005
Table 2 - Percentage Change in the Transportation Services Index from Year-to-Year
Figure 1 - Transportation Services Index: Total, Freight, and Passenger
New ASA Section on Transportation Statistics Seeks Members
Guidelines for Manuscript Submission
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