ABSTRACT
In constructing or revising atransit network of routes, it is not sufcient to know only the demand, its elasticity and factors affected it. What is needed in addition is acomprehensionof and insight into passenger behavior when trafc ¦ows disperse along the network of routes. What, if any, are the passenger paths (use of more than one route with transfers)
through the network? What factors in¦uence a passenger’s choice of routes? The answers to these questions represent route choice behavior (modeling), which is then used in assigning passenger demand for prediction purposes (of trafc volume, capacity analysis, ¦eet size required, design and control elements needed, and more). This chapter will review the subjectof passenger route choice and assignment, placing some emphasis on passenger waitingtime strategies.
