Household car and motorcycle ownership in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur in comparison with Nagoya

Nobuhiro Sanko*, Dilum Dissanayake, Shinya Kurauchi, Hiroaki Maesoba, Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Takayuki Morikawa

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Abstract

This study investigates household car and motorcycle ownership behaviours in the Asian metropolises of Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur (developing countries), and of Nagoya (developed country). Mode choice models are first estimated to calculate accessibility measures, and then car and motorcycle ownership models are estimated using bivariate ordered probit models with the accessibility measures as explanatory variables. Inter-regional comparisons and spatial transferability analysis are conducted. Results suggest that: (i) accessibility measures and car and motorcycle ownership behaviour are correlated; (ii) car and motorcycle ownership is substitutable in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur, but is complementary in Nagoya; (iii) car and motorcycle ownership behaviour in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur is similar and quite distinct from Nagoya; and (iv) car and motorcycle ownership behaviour in Nagoya in 1981 was closer than the ownership behaviour in Nagoya in 1991 and 2001 to the behaviour in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. Policy implications are also discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)187-213
Number of pages27
JournalTransportmetrica A: Transport Science
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2014

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study is conducted as a part of the ICRA (International Cooperative Research Activity) project of the EASTS (Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies). The authors would like to thank JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) for providing the data. This study is also supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (No. 22 730 334) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The authors wish to thank William Lam, Editor-in-Chief, for his helpful suggestions and the anonymous reviewers for their comments.

Keywords

  • accessibility
  • Asian metropolises
  • bivariate ordered probit model
  • car and motorcycle ownership
  • spatial transferability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Transportation
  • General Engineering

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