Mode Choice Model for Public Transport with Categorized Latent Variables

Table 6

Calibration results of SEM-DCM model of mode choice for bus.

Influence factor	BL model		SEM-BL1 model		SEM-BL2 model		SEM-BL3 model
	Parameter		Parameter		Parameter		Parameter
Constant	−2.939	−5.599	−8.314	−3.281	−8.891	−4.391	−8.724	−4.445
Gender	0.592	3.386	0.828	1.929	1.049	1.980	0.947	1.992
Occupation	0.483	2.303	0.758	2.436	0.649	2.558	0.684	2.657
Vehicle ownership	0.410	4.313	0.354	2.482	0.394	2.807	0.410	2.911
Price	−0.162	−2.378	−0.242	−2.304	−0.206	−2.369	−0.170	−2.156
Convenience	—	—	0.673	2.645	0.340	2.046	0.374	2.416
Personal safety	—	—	0.532	2.637	0.584	3.142	0.357	1.849
Modal comfort	—	—	0.420	2.125	0.330	1.981	0.389	1.998
Service environment	—	—	0.639	2.241	0.552	2.815	0.454	2.111
Waiting feelings	—	—	0.423	3.332	0.777	4.049	0.599	3.264
Sample size	497		497		497		497
	−102.586		−102.586		−102.586		−102.586
	−77.425		−56.818		−57.122		−57.875
	0.245		0.446		0.443		0.436

Note. All values meet the verification requirements, except value of personal Safety in SEM-BL3 which is less than 1.96.