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Abstract

A range of new technologies has created opportunities to gather and disseminate unprecedentedly detailed and up-to-date information about the transport system. This has resulted in a revolution in travel information services. This presentation sheds light on modelling approaches about how travellers acquire and use travel information. On one hand, it presents results from modelling the consumption of a portfolio of travel information sources, e.g. TfL apps on a smartphone or Google Maps on a computer, in a strategic context. On the other, the joint and tactical behaviour of commuters for information use and travel behaviour is explored under disruption. Many factors influencing these choices are examined: demographics, travel patterns and attributes of information sources. The empirical results were analysed using a dataset collected from London public transport commuters with a revealed preference questionnaire. This seminar summarises part of the research work for which she was awarded the UTSG SMEED prize.

Speaker

Séverine Maréchal is a PhD candidate with the CTS in Imperial College London. She has conducted, and will soon defend, her research work supervised by Professor Polak and Dr Sivakumar. Her research interests lie in modelling travel behaviour and demand for emerging technology. She has worked several years as a transport engineer in South Africa and in Florida (USA). She holds a Master of Science in Transportation from Northwestern University and a Diplome d’Ingénieur from ESTP in Paris.

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