TRB Pubsindex
Text Size:
x

« Prev Next »

Return to Results | New Search

Bookmark and Share

Title:

Are Motorcycle Commuters Different to Those Who Use Car or Public Transport?

Accession Number:

01631548

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Motorcycles, or powered two wheelers (PTW), have received less attention as a commuting mode than others such as car, public transport and bicycle. More common in warmer countries such as in southern European countries and in densely populated countries, their narrow size and flexibility offer advantages to users in congested urban settings and in other environments too. With recent evidence of increasing demand for more flexible modes e.g. shared bike schemes in Europe, the research presented here looks at use of the motorcycle for work trips in a northern European country - Ireland. One of the questions explored was to see if the profiles of motorcycle work trip users were closer to that of other modes such as bicycle users or drive alone car users - or if motorcycle users had a different profile entirely - as a means of better understanding the potential of the motorcycle mode in satisfying particular user needs. The place of work census data for 2011 was used to examine differences across a number of variables: gender, age, household composition, industrial group, urban vs rural, number of students in households and work trip travel time. The research also examines which of a number of variables are most relevant in determining work trip mode choice with particular emphasis on distinguishing the characteristics of motorcycle work trip users using a multinomial logistic regression. The research finds that the motorcycle work trip user profile most closely resembles drive alone car user profiles across a number of variables.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF30 Standing Committee on Motorcycles and Mopeds. Alternate title: Are Motorcycle Commuters Different from Those Who Use Car or Public Transport?

Monograph Accession #:

01618707

Report/Paper Numbers:

17-05806

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

O'Mahony, Margaret

Pagination:

16p

Publication Date:

2017

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Ireland

Subject Areas:

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-05806

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 8 2016 12:20PM