The Casual Effect among Urban Characteristics, Trip Characteristics and Mode Choice of Mass Transit System

• Main Authors: Yang, Ting-Chun, 楊亭駿
• Other Authors: 黃台生
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72614484342860838181

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 運輸與物流管理學系 === 103 === In the past, the seletions of the urban planning of mass transit system type selection come from the assessment of urban size and its characteristics. However, the approach can’t grasp the association of both and judge whether the city’s public transportation system is suitable for the type accurately. Therefore, this study suggests that the factors of trip be considered, to further explore the association among urban characteristics, trip characteristics and mode choice of mass transit systems. From the test hypotheses of the display, the association between urban population and employment of secondary as well as tertiary industries is positive; the association between employment of secondart as well as tertiary industries and average incomeof households is also positive. In the association between urban characteristics and trip characteristics, the association between developable area of the city and trips length is positive, the association between employment of secondary as well as tertiary industries and home-based work trips is positive, the association between employment of secondary industries and home-based others with non-home based trips is positive. In the association between trip characteristics and the ridership of mass transit systems, it is positive for the association between home-based work trips and the ridership of mass transit systems, between home-based others with non-home based trips and the ridership of mass transit systems. In the association between urban transportation policy and the ridership of mass transit systems, it is also the association between urban road mileage density and the ridership of mass transit systems and between vehile-kilometer of urban mass transit systems and the ridership of mass transit systems. Finally, in this study, based on the present situation of Taiwan, assuming it is reasonable that Taipei city chooses mass rapid transit system (MRT), Kaohsiung city choosing light rail transit system (LRT), Taichung city choosing bus rapid transit (BRT). Furthermore, if we explore the suitable choice of urban mass transit system, according to the urban scale and the association between urban characteristics and the ridership of mass transit systems. We can find if the ridership of mass transit system is higher than Taipei, the urban is suitable for choice mass rapid transit system (MRT), if the ridership of mass transit system lies between Taipei and Kaohsiung, the urban is suitable for choice light rail transit system (LRT), if the ridership of mass transit system sits between Kaohsiung and Taichung, the urban is suitable to choice bus rapid transit (BRT). Through the exploration of the association between urban characteristics and the ridership of mass transit systems, Taoyuan county is suitable for choice bus rapid transit (BRT).