Author(s)

Y. Duvarci & G. Gür

Abstract

The method of policy capturing for the transportation disadvantaged: simulation results Y. Duvarci & G. Giir Department of City and Regional Planning, ~zmir Institute of Technology, Turkey Abstract In the previous study called "A Modelling Approach for the Transportation Disadvantaged", which was an experimental one calibrated in a small town in Turkey, it was observed that an integrated TPM for the disadvantaged category was probable, and the findings were observable at all stages of the sequential modelling, however, with slight differences compared to the Normal model's results. Following the previous one, this study shows the method of how "policy capturing" could be possible on the basis of these differences, which aims to help improve the adverse conditions of the disadvantaged. The method is sort of category analysis based on the cluster analysis results, since it is clearly verified that the "disadvantage indices" identified as the single-disadvantage groups match with the values of c

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