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Finally, according to the observation data, data analysis and model parameter estimation were conducted. The results show that participants used different measures to trade off travel cost and travel time. Additionally, there was a gap between most participants\u2019 willingness to pay (WTP) and willingness to accept (WTA). Moreover, participants\u2019 WTP greater than their own WTA was the key reason resulting in the inertial route choices. The empirical results in this paper can help the traffic manager to understand travelers\u2019 inertial route choice behavior from a different perspective.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym11010066","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,9]],"date-time":"2019-01-09T03:06:06Z","timestamp":1547003166000},"page":"66","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Route Choice Behavior: Understanding the Impact of Asymmetric Preference on Travelers\u2019 Decision Making"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Kai","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Engineering and Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuan","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Engineering and Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"325","article-title":"Some theoretical aspects of road traffic research","volume":"1","author":"Wardrop","year":"1952","journal-title":"Proc. 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