Investigating the Willingness to Use Personal Rapid Transit Mode as a Feeder System of Public Transport
摘要
The present paper analyses the willingness to use the personal rapid transit system (PRT) as a feeder to public transport in the Indian City of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The study was conducted at the IT hub of Technopark campus spread across 766.86 acres of land comprising about 482 software companies with approximately 63,000 employees. The socio-demographic-economic and travel characteristics were collected from the employees along with the willingness to use PRT as a feeder system using the stated preference experiment. Random utility maximization-based binary logit models were developed to understand the likely shift to PRT. Scenario analysis was performed with various conditions in approaching campus such as work-from-home, full campus open scenario, and expansion of campus scenario. Building-wise demand as well as the number of pods required to cater to the needs were also estimated. These results provide insights into the requirement of implementing PRT in the campus as a case study to improve the first-last mile connectivity.