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This document contains three transportation engineering homework problems involving mode choice modeling, trip assignment, and the Frank-Wolfe algorithm. Problem 1 involves developing a mode choice model to determine the probability of travelers choosing various modes including driving alone, shared-ride, and bus. It is given utility functions for each mode and asks how many people will use shared-ride mode from a community of 4500 workers. Problem 2 provides an origin-destination matrix and asks about current bus ridership and the bus travel time needed to achieve a 5% mode share between two zones. Problem 3 asks to use the Frank-Wolfe algorithm to find user equilibrium route flows and travel times for two routes connecting an origin-destination pair, given the link performance functions.

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HW2 Solution

This document contains three transportation engineering homework problems involving mode choice modeling, trip assignment, and the Frank-Wolfe algorithm. Problem 1 involves developing a mode choice model to determine the probability of travelers choosing various modes including driving alone, shared-ride, and bus. It is given utility functions for each mode and asks how many people will use shared-ride mode from a community of 4500 workers. Problem 2 provides an origin-destination matrix and asks about current bus ridership and the bus travel time needed to achieve a 5% mode share between two zones. Problem 3 asks to use the Frank-Wolfe algorithm to find user equilibrium route flows and travel times for two routes connecting an origin-destination pair, given the link performance functions.

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The University of Utah

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

CVEEN 3520
Transportation Engineering

Individual Homework Assignment 2


Mode Choice and Trip Assignment

Due Wednesday, September 9th, 2016

Problem 1 A work-mode-choice model is developed from data acquired in the filed in order to
determine the probabilities of individual travelers selecting various modes. The mode choices
include automobile drive-alone (DL), automobile shared-ride (SR), and bus (B). The utility
functions are estimated as:

= 2.6 0.3 0.02


= 0.7 0.3 0.04
= 0.3 0.01

Where cost is in dollars and time is in minutes. The cost of driving an automobile is $5.50 with a
travel time of 21 minutes, while the bus fare is $1.25 with a travel time of 27 minutes. How
many people will use the share-ride mode from a community of 4500 workers, assuming the
shared-ride option always consist of three individuals sharing costs equally?

Given
UDL=2.6-0.3(costDL)-0.02(travel timeDL)

USR=0.7-0.3(costSR)-0.04(travel timeSR)

UB=-0.3(costB)-0.01(travel timeB)
For automobile, cost = $5.50, travel time = 21 min
For bus, cost = $1.25, travel time = 27 min
Required
People using shared-ride
Substitution of cost and travel time values into the utility expression gives,
UDL=2.6-0.3(5.5)-0.02(21) = 0.53

USR=0.7-0.3(1.834)-0.04(21) = -0.6902

UB=-0.3(1.25)-0.01(27) = -0.645
Substituting these values in the following equation gives,
0.53
= = 0.623
0.53 + 0.6902 + 0.645
0.6902
= 0.53 = 0.184
+ 0.6902 + 0.645
0.645
= 0.53 = 0.192
+ 0.6902 + 0.645
Multiplying these probabilities by 4500, we get
Workers driving alone = 2804
Workers sharing a ride = 828
Workers using bus = 866

Problem 2 Three neighborhoods (A, B and C) are connected by a one-way road as shown below,
where the travel time on each roadway segment is five minutes if driving, and six minutes by
bus. The AM Peak OD matrix is given as follows:

C B

A B C
A 0 100 200
B 500 0 1000
C 600 600 0

The utility functions for car and bus are expressed as:

= 2
10


= 1
10

1. What is the current total bus ridership?


2. How fast would the bus have to travel between B and C to achieve a 5% share of
commuters between these zones?
Problem 3 There are two routes connecting an origin and destination; the first has link
3 4 2
performance function 1 = 45 + , and the second 2 = 20 + . If 2500 people are
1000 2500
traveling between these zones, use the Frank-Wolfe method to find the user equilibrium route
flows and travel times.

Solution:
t10 = 45 t20 = 0
x1*0 = 0 x2*0 = 2500
x10 = 0 x20 = 2500
t11 = 45 t21 = 10020
x1*1 = 2500 x2*1 = 0
x11 = 2500 x21 = 2500(1-)

1 3 2 4 2
S = 0 45 + 1 + 0 45 + 2
1000 2500
= 45x1 + (3x12/2000) +20x2+ (4x23/7500)

Minimize S
S = 45*2500 + (3*(2500)2/2000) + 20*2500(1-) + (4*25003*(1-)3/7500)

Use solver,
= 0.9432; x1 = 2500*0.9432 = 2358
x2 = 2500*(1-0.9432) = 142
t1 = t2 = 52.08

Since t1=t2, iteration stops.


The following problems from Mannering & Washburn, Fifth Edition:
8.28

Given
t1 = 5 + (3*x1), t2 = 7 + x2, q = 7
Required
User equilibrium and system optimal route flows and travel times
At System Optimal
S(x) = x1*(5 + (3*x1)) + x2*(7+x2)
x2 = q-x1
S(x) = x1*(5 + (3*x1)) + (q-x1)*(7+ (q-x1))

() = 8. 1 16 = 0
1
Route flows:
x1 = 2
x1*1000 = 2000 veh/h
x2 = q x1, x2 = 5, x2*1000 = 5000 veh/h
Route travel times
t1 = 5 + (3*x1) = 11
t2 = 7 + x2 = 12
Travel time SO = (t1x1+t2x2) = 82 veh-min
At User Equilibrium
t1 = t2
5 + (3*x1) = 7 + (q-x1)
x1 = 2.25
x1*1000 = 2250 veh/h
X2 = q-x1 = 4.75
X2*1000 = 4750 veh/h
Route Travel times
t1 = 5+3x1
t1 = 11.75 min
Travel time UE = t1*q = 11.75*7 = 82.25 veh-min
Major concepts and Points
System Optimal (7.5)
x2 in terms of x1 (1)
x1 (3)
t1, t2 (2)
travel time (1.5)

User Equilibrium (7.5)


t1 = t2 (2)
x1, x2 (2)
t1 (2)
travel time (1.5)
Total = 15 Points

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