@article{ref1,
title="Route choice in the presence of a toll road: the role of pre-trip information and learning",
journal="Transportation research part F: traffic psychology and behaviour",
year="2014",
author="Knorr, Florian and Chmura, Thorsten and Schreckenberg, Michael",
volume="27",
number="",
pages="44-55",
abstract="Choosing a route is a complex task, especially since the roads' capacities are limited and road users non-cooperatively seek to optimize their own trip. This article present the results of three in-laboratory route choice experiments. In all experiments the participants had to choose repeatedly between a high-capacity toll-road and a toll-free main road. We investigate the role of pre-trip information on the resulting route usage dynamics. Besides the absence of a stable equilibrium point (Wardrop's User Equilibrium), we found that the participants improve their decisions over the course of time as a result of learning. Additional information appears only useful if only a limited number of participants possess such information. Moreover, we found gender-related differences in the observed road usage patterns: female participants were more likely to choose the toll road than male participants.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1369-8478",
doi="10.1016/j.trf.2014.09.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2014.09.003"
}