Generalized Trip Cost: One of the Estimation Approaches

— The solution of modern transport planning problems, aimed at improving the quality of transport service for all the users of the city’s transport infrastructure, requires application of modeling tools to describe components of urban areas, transport infrastructure and transport behavior. The IrNITU NI Transport Laboratory proposed several approaches for estimating the generalized trip cost, taking into account the time spent on searching for a parking place and parking fees for off-street parking. The proposed approaches for estimating the components of the generalized private vehicles trip cost can be applied to plan paid parking lots and tariff policies, as well as to plan a system of commuter parking lots (Park and Ride).