The second phase of Metro's massive transportation study, a 59-page report of highly technical explanations, was unveiled at streets and transit committee Wednesday.
The report deals mainly with methods of analysis used for the study. Predictions and a recommendation for a future transit system will form the third and final volume this spring.
Utilizing a computer in Birmingham, England, the study talks of trip production equations, modal split analysis and the calibration process.
But it does have some information on what determines a traveller's choice of travel. The four basic factors determined to be most significant in explaining choice are travel time, travel cost, level of service and the economic status of the traveller.
Generally speaking, the report states, the higher the income of the traveller, the less he depends upon buses for getting to work.
Metro traffic planner Boris Hryhorczuk said phase of the study is intended to explain technically exactly how the study is being carried on. It will be discussed at future committee meetings.
The first phases of the report made public April, took two years of work and was a factual analysis of the traffic situation as it is now.
The entire report is expected to cost about $1.6 million by completion time.