Abstract:

An international comparative analysis between Beijing and New York City is conducted, such as vehicle ownership, diurnal distribution, trip distance, trip purpose and distribution of persons per vehicle of private car. Based on difference of the two cities, the discrete choice model of factors influencing car usage and calibrate the parameters is developed with 2005 Beijing Household Travel Survey data. The estimation results and elasticity effects indicate that such factors as number of household bikes, working or not, monthly ticket, trip purpose, parking fee and trip time have negative effects on private car usage, while number of household cars, child, driving license, main user or not, company and trip distance make positive effects.

Key words: engineering of communication and transportation, travel behavior, private car, discrete choice model, elasticity analysis