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http://dx.doi.org/10.7470/jkst.2015.33.5.470

Preference Analysis of Traffic Information Service Depending on Smart Phone Possession  

HEO, Min (Department of Urban Planning and Engineering, Dong-A University)
KIM, Hoe Kyoung (Department of Urban Planning and Engineering, Dong-A University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Transportation / v.33, no.5, 2015 , pp. 470-477 More about this Journal
Abstract
VMS informs the public of traffic and weather information in real time and functions to facilitate traffic flow. However, as smart phone navigation becomes more popular with the rapid propagation of the smart phone, the efficiency and applicability of VMS are challenged. Accordingly, this study aims to investigate the drivers' preference for the traffic information service between VMS and smart phone navigation by conducting a survey using a stated preference in Busan Metropolitan City in August 2013. This study found that 60% of survey respondents prefer VMS to the smart phone navigation. Further analysis to investigate the preference focused on the smart phone users revealed that female, younger, more educated, and less experienced drivers more rely on the smart phone navigation. Consequently, this study implicates that private and governmental institutes have to take a measure to develop the integrated traffic information system.
Keywords
intelligent transportation system; smart phone navigation; stated preference; survey; variable message sign;
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