Research Article

Exploring Built Environment Influence on Taxi Vacant Time in Megacities: A Case Study of Chongqing, China

Table 2

Estimation results of GAM model.

Explanatory variablesCoefficients
EstimateStd. Errort valuePr (>|t|)

Intercept2.08600.0083251.450<2e − 16
ENT−0.00270.0002−10.943<2e − 16
FAI0.00270.00073.7510.0002
GOV−0.00130.0003−4.3391.43e − 05
HTS0.00430.000410.734<2e − 16
LFS0.00180.00036.7871.14e − 11
HCS0.00340.00048.486<2e − 16
MLB−0.00120.0012−0.9550.3395
SAE0.00010.00030.4000.6893
SHP−0.00020.0001−3.7610.0002
SLE0.00990.000520.643<2e − 16
SNS−0.00070.0007−1.0190.3081
PMT−0.03650.0081−4.4877.23e − 06
MET0.32390.007542.915<2e − 16

Explanatory variablesApproximate significance of smoothing terms
EDFRef. DfF value

s (TFS)8.9298.9995393.5<2e − 16
s (DSR)8.9278.9981711.3<2e − 16
s (BSN)8.7748.978391.6<2e − 16
s (CAT)8.9438.999421.6<2e − 16
s (MVS)8.9498.999687.1<2e − 16
s (RES)8.5918.931405.5<2e − 16
s (longitude, latitude)28.94529.0001835.5<2e − 16
t2 (DOW, TSLOT)21.96623.236117.9<2e − 16
Model fitR-sq.(adj)0.759

Significance codes: “” 0.001. s ( ): smooth spline function. t2 ( ): smooth tensor product.