Research Article

A Joint Modeling Analysis of Passengers’ Intercity Travel Destination and Mode Choices in Yangtze River Delta Megaregion of China

Table 1

Characteristics of 16 cities in Yangtze River Delta Megaregion.

CityArea (sq. km.)Population (×104)GDP (×108 Yuan)Emp1 (×104)Emp2 (×104)Emp3 (×104)5A-TA

Shanghai6341241521602464466453
Suzhou8848105813016254262446
Wuxi46646488070182231493
Changzhou43754694361321471022
Zhenjiang384331729272491772
Nanjing65988198012491502542
Yangzhou6638447325252121931
Nantong800173050391072171431
Taizhou 16029463300771119941
Hangzhou165968848344702922893
Ningbo98167667129292742001
Zhoushan14001149311131311
Shaoxing82794953967511791141
Huzhou581829218031396730
Jiaxing39154563148331971112
Taizhou 294116043153751751470

Total11057210977977617063184276629

All the population and economic data are given as those in 2013.
1 RMB Yuan = US $0.161.
Taizhou 1 and Taizhou 2 are actually two different cities with almost the same pronunciation but different names written in Chinese.