Public Transportation in Cartagena, Colombia: Understanding Preferences Using Discrete Choice Models

Abstract

 

This paper revisits the data set collected by Toro, Alvis and Arellano (2005) in order to evaluate three main models in transportation: probit, conditional logit, and the nested logit. The results show that the advantages of other transportation modes over buses are their lower travel and waiting times. Additionally, it was found that a traveler facing equal times and costs would prefer bus rather than other alternatives.