PART VI. PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION
Table 3: Factors Influencing Mode Choice
| Trip Purpose | Trip Characteristics | Service Characteristics | Traveler Characteristics |
| Work travel | Distance between origin and destination | Cost elastic | Income |
| Travel time elastic | |||
| Usually uniform annual temporal pattern | |||
| Business travel | Distance between origin and destination | Cost inelastic | Nature of employment |
| Lenght of stay | Travel time elastic | ||
| Nature of employment | Elastic w.r.t. schedule frequency | ||
| Need for transport at the destination | Elastic w.r.t. reliability of service | ||
| Recreation travel | Distance between origin and destination | High cost elasticity | Income |
| Lenght of stay | Low time elasticity | Group Size | |
| Need for transport at the destination | Low convenience elasticity | ||
| Stong peaked temporal patterns | |||
| Personal business travel | Distance between origin and destination | Less flexibility | Income |
| Lenght of stay | Low time elasticity | Group Size | |
| Need for transport at the destination | Low convenience elasticity | ||
| Peaked temporal patterns | |||
| Higher cost elasticity than recreation travel |
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