This study investigates how traffic information influences motorbike riders’ route choices using a link-based analysis framework, addressing a gap in the literature. Estimating a Recursive Logit (RL) model explores the dynamic decision-making process when selecting routes. By analysing the reactions of riders in Bandung City, Indonesia, to Variable Message Signs (VMS) in stated preference surveys, the study identifies key attributes affecting their decisions for outgoing road sections, including distance, traffic-flow levels, travel time, and ramp-metering delays. The latter introduces a novel traffic-management measure for controlling motorbike proportions in mixed conditions. The RL model, which considers sequential link choices, provides unique insights into the adaptability and flexibility of motorbike riders to VMS, contrasting with traditional path-based static models. The findings underscore the importance of extending VMS access beyond toll roads and highways, especially in Southeast Asia, underlining the potential to improve regional traffic management significantly.
Fadilah et al. (Thu,) studied this question.