Mode shift behavior of bus passengers to rail system under improved rail operations

• Main Author: Dilay, Germaine Ann Chang
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Choice of transportation—Philippines; Bus occupants—Philippines—Psychology; Transportation Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/6804
• Institution: De La Salle University

The PNR Line going to the Bicol Region is currently being repaired for the eventual resumption of its service. Using a stated preference survey, this research aims to describe how passengers will decide to patronize the PNR service upon its service resumption and estimate the modal shift from bus to rail service. Also, the significant factors affecting mode choice of bus passengers were determined in the survey. In the SP survey, the main factors considered are travel time, travel cost, and access time. A number of 900 bus passenger respondents originating from Manila and arriving at Naga City were interviewed for the SP survey. Results show that majority of the bus passengers would shift from their current mode to rail service if the latter's service is improve. The access time, in-vehicle time and cost and the experience of using the Bicol Express are significant factors affecting the mode choice of bus passengers. However, elasticity results show that the mode share of non air-conditioned bus passenger is not sensitive to changes in any of the factors. Lastly, the interaction effect of the travel time and access time is significant and is a disutility to the mode alternatives.