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Apr 26, 2012
An Empirical Investigation of Motorcycle Ownership and Usage
Authors: Konstantinos Kepaptsoglou, Ph.D. [email protected], Christina Milioti [email protected], Zoi Christoforou [email protected], and Matthew G. Karlaftis, Ph.D. [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Transportation and Development Institute Congress 2011: Integrated Transportation and Development for a Better Tomorrow
Abstract
Motorcycles are a widespread mode of travel in several parts of the world as, for example, in Southern Europe and Asia. However, motorcycle ownership and usage have been scarcely examined, despite being critical for developing transportation and traffic safety plans and policies in urban areas with high motorcycle presence. This pap dels are developed for this purpose based on questionnaires collected in Athens, Greece. A binary Probit model is used for analyzing motorcycle ownership and a hazard-based duration model for explaining factors affecting motorcycle usage. Results indicated that income, gender, age and er investigates factors affecting motorcycle ownership and use; appropriate mo spatial trip characteristic do have an effect on motorcycle ownership and usage.
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Transportation and Development Institute Congress 2011: Integrated Transportation and Development for a Better Tomorrow
Pages: 1075 - 1084
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© 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Age factors
- Automobiles
- Business management
- Disaster risk management
- Disasters and hazards
- Highway transportation
- Infrastructure
- Light rail transit
- Practice and Profession
- Rail transportation
- Traffic engineering
- Traffic management
- Traffic safety
- Transportation engineering
- Transportation management
- Transportation safety
- Travel modes
- Urban and regional development
- Vehicles
- Workplace diversity
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Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 5 Iroon Polytechniou str, Zografou Campus, Athens, Greece, 15773.E-mail: [email protected]
Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 5 Iroon Polytechniou str, Zografou Campus, Athens, Greece, 15773.E-mail: [email protected]
Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 5 Iroon Polytechniou str, Zografou Campus, Athens, Greece, 15773.E-mail: [email protected]
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Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 5 Iroon Polytechniou str, Zografou Campus, Athens, Greece, 15773.E-mail: [email protected]
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