Research Article

An Empirical Analysis for Mode Choice in a Short-Distance Trip with Personal Rapid Transit

Table 1

A comparison of definitions used for a short-distance trip.

AuthorsUsed distanceReasons

Kim and Ulfarsson [13]Below 2.25 kmA short-distance was defined by the 95th percentile of walking distances on the basis of 12,900 trip data sets
Tran et al. [14]Below 1 kmA distance under 1 km was regarded as a short-distance because of its competitiveness for walking rather than other modes, such as motorcycles and bicycles
Li et al. [15]Below 5 kmA distance under 5 km was considered as a short-distance because of the majority, being over 40% of all trips, caused traffic congestion
Pu et al. [16]Below 5 kmA distance under 5 km accounted for 90% of all short-distance trips for the elderly
Ferrer and Ruiz [17]Below 3 kmA short-distance was defined as the distance taking 45 minutes on foot or less