Stated Preferences for Train Traveling — train

Data set of 2929 stated choices by 235 Dutch individuals deciding between two virtual train trip options "A" and "B" based on the price, the travel time, the number of rail-to-rail transfers (changes), and the level of comfort.

The data were obtained in 1987 by Hague Consulting Group for the National Dutch Railways. Prices were recorded in Dutch guilder and in this data set transformed to Euro at an exchange rate of 2.20371 guilders = 1 Euro.

Usage

train_choice

Format

A data.frame with 2929 rows and 11 columns:

deciderID: integer identifier for the decider
occasionID: integer identifier for the choice occasion
choice: character for the chosen alternative (either "A" or "B")
price_A: numeric price for alternative "A" in Euro
time_A: numeric travel time for alternative "A" in hours
change_A: integer number of changes for alternative "A"
comfort_A: integer comfort level (in decreasing comfort order) for alternative "A"
price_B: numeric price for alternative "B" in Euro
time_B: numeric travel time for alternative "B" in hours
change_B: integer number of changes for alternative "B"
comfort_B: integer comfort level (in decreasing comfort order) for alternative "B"

References

Ben-Akiva M, Bolduc D, Bradley M (1993). “Estimation of travel choice models with randomly distributed values of time.” Transportation Research Record, 1413, 88--97.

Meijer E, Rouwendal J (2006). “Measuring welfare effects in models with random coefficients.” Journal of Applied Econometrics, 21(2), 227--244.