Incorporating stability of mode choice into an agent-based travel demand model

Abstract

Agent-based modelling is a promising technique, which allows to combine the advantages of different approaches to travel demand modelling. Agent-based modelling provides a framework that allows to easily substitute individual submodels. This paper shows, using the example of mobiTopp, how stability of mode choice can be integrated into an agent-based travel demand model. This has been achieved by replacing the submodel for mode choice by an extended variant, which takes stability of mode choice into account. The improved model reproduces this stability, as measured by two indicators based on mode usage and mobility styles, quite well.