Random-Parameters Behavioral Models to Investigate Determinants of Perceived Safety in Railway Stations
Recent studies have highlighted the existence of a gap between actual and perceived safety and have shown that feelings of insecurity can affect individuals’ travel behavior before and during the journey. In this paper, a methodology is proposed for assessing determinants of travelers’ perception of...
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| description | Recent studies have highlighted the existence of a gap between actual and perceived safety and have shown that feelings of insecurity can affect individuals’ travel behavior before and during the journey. In this paper, a methodology is proposed for assessing determinants of travelers’ perception of safety and security in railway stations. The methodological approach includes focus groups, stated preference (SP) surveys, and the estimation of behavioral models with fixed parameters (Binomial Logit) and random parameters (Mixed Logit). The estimation results for a medium-sized railway station (Frosinone, Italy) confirmed that safety and security measures are not equally perceived by individuals and the use of random-parameters models leads to more robust estimates. The proposed modeling approach allows the identification of the interventions that should be prioritized to increase travelers’ perceived levels of safety, highlighting those factors, such as, for the considered case study, the presence of security personnel and the level of decorum and maintenance, which are perceived by users as more important than others (e.g., surveillance cameras). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2d77c7d4709c40bd9c36cd3f0aeb0a012025-02-03T01:08:52ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation0197-67292042-31952021-01-01202110.1155/2021/55305915530591Random-Parameters Behavioral Models to Investigate Determinants of Perceived Safety in Railway StationsPierluigi Coppola0Luigi dell’Olio1Fulvio Silvestri2Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Meccanica, Via G. La Masa 1, Milano 20156, ItalyUniversidad de Cantabria, Av. De Los Castros s-n, Santander, SpainUniversità di Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Dell’Impresa, Via Del Politecnico 1, Roma 00133, ItalyRecent studies have highlighted the existence of a gap between actual and perceived safety and have shown that feelings of insecurity can affect individuals’ travel behavior before and during the journey. In this paper, a methodology is proposed for assessing determinants of travelers’ perception of safety and security in railway stations. The methodological approach includes focus groups, stated preference (SP) surveys, and the estimation of behavioral models with fixed parameters (Binomial Logit) and random parameters (Mixed Logit). The estimation results for a medium-sized railway station (Frosinone, Italy) confirmed that safety and security measures are not equally perceived by individuals and the use of random-parameters models leads to more robust estimates. The proposed modeling approach allows the identification of the interventions that should be prioritized to increase travelers’ perceived levels of safety, highlighting those factors, such as, for the considered case study, the presence of security personnel and the level of decorum and maintenance, which are perceived by users as more important than others (e.g., surveillance cameras).http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5530591 |
| spellingShingle | Pierluigi Coppola Luigi dell’Olio Fulvio Silvestri Random-Parameters Behavioral Models to Investigate Determinants of Perceived Safety in Railway Stations Journal of Advanced Transportation |
| title | Random-Parameters Behavioral Models to Investigate Determinants of Perceived Safety in Railway Stations |
| title_full | Random-Parameters Behavioral Models to Investigate Determinants of Perceived Safety in Railway Stations |
| title_fullStr | Random-Parameters Behavioral Models to Investigate Determinants of Perceived Safety in Railway Stations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Random-Parameters Behavioral Models to Investigate Determinants of Perceived Safety in Railway Stations |
| title_short | Random-Parameters Behavioral Models to Investigate Determinants of Perceived Safety in Railway Stations |
| title_sort | random parameters behavioral models to investigate determinants of perceived safety in railway stations |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5530591 |
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