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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 187-213 |
Number of pages | 27 |
Journal | Transportmetrica A: Transport Science |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 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