基于SP调查的缅甸仰光市居民收入对其出行方式选择的影响研究_英文_.pdf

DOI :10.160 7/ki .100 -6744.2008.04.008 8 4 Vol.8 No.4 2008 8 Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology August 2008 :100 -6744 (2008)04-004 -14 Capturing Travelers Stated Mode Choice Preferences under theInfluence of Income in Yangon City, Myanmar ＊1 1 2 ZHANG Jun-yi , FUJIWARA Akimasa , Soe Thein (1.Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama 1-5-1, Higashi-Hiroshima, 73 -852 , Japan; 2.Roads and Bridges Department, Yangon City Development Committee, 420, Mahar Bandoola Road, Yangon, Unoin of Myanmar, Myanmar) Abstract:　Focusing on the role of a new transit system (NTS)in mitigating current andfuture potential traffic is- sues in Yangon City of Myanmar, this paper attempts to analyze the mode choice behavior based on a stated prefer- ence (SP)survey.In comparison with developed countries, developing countries are characterized by rapidly changing socio-economic environments (especially, income).It is required to reflect the influence of such decision context in both survey method and modeling framework.Therefore, SP survey is first designed to incorporate the influence of future income, aswell as other level-of-service attributes, whereas a revealed preference (RP)survey is also prepared.Second, a RP SP combined mode choice model is estimated in which the parameters of travel time and cost are defined as a function of future income, respectively.A SP survey was conducted at a residential area of Yangon City in March 2003.This is the first SP survey done in Myanmar.Respondents show the hig