Modal Preference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: An Experiment With New Modes of Transport
An overwhelming majority of inhabitants in Ho Chi Minh City use motorbike as their primary means of transport, causing severe urban traffic congestion. As an effort to combat congestion, the local and central government started constructing the first urban railway line (metro) in 2009. In this study...
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| description | An overwhelming majority of inhabitants in Ho Chi Minh City use motorbike as their primary means of transport, causing severe urban traffic congestion. As an effort to combat congestion, the local and central government started constructing the first urban railway line (metro) in 2009. In this study, travel demand for different modes of transport was investigated using discrete choice experiment. In addition to conventional choices such as motorbike and bus, we included new technology-assisted taxi service and the first urban railway (Ben Thanh–Suoi Tien) as a hypothetical choice. The data set contains 267 respondents spanning 19 communes across the railway. The results pointed out that mode choice is influenced by both total travel time and total travel cost. The findings also highlighted the importance of transiting time and transiting cost in public transports. In terms of welfare, metro users are willing to pay 976 and 667 VND for a minute reduction of transiting time and transporting time, respectively. When a motorbike user switches to metro mode, monetary welfare of that individual rises by approximately 56,000 VND. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c01564b09835479489c393a09c9989632022-12-21T23:15:32ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402019-04-01910.1177/2158244019841928Modal Preference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: An Experiment With New Modes of TransportDuy Chinh Nguyen0Huu Dung Hoang1Huu Tien Hoang2Quang Trung Bui3Lan Phuong Nguyen4Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamNguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamNguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamNguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamNguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamAn overwhelming majority of inhabitants in Ho Chi Minh City use motorbike as their primary means of transport, causing severe urban traffic congestion. As an effort to combat congestion, the local and central government started constructing the first urban railway line (metro) in 2009. In this study, travel demand for different modes of transport was investigated using discrete choice experiment. In addition to conventional choices such as motorbike and bus, we included new technology-assisted taxi service and the first urban railway (Ben Thanh–Suoi Tien) as a hypothetical choice. The data set contains 267 respondents spanning 19 communes across the railway. The results pointed out that mode choice is influenced by both total travel time and total travel cost. The findings also highlighted the importance of transiting time and transiting cost in public transports. In terms of welfare, metro users are willing to pay 976 and 667 VND for a minute reduction of transiting time and transporting time, respectively. When a motorbike user switches to metro mode, monetary welfare of that individual rises by approximately 56,000 VND.https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019841928 |
| spellingShingle | Duy Chinh Nguyen Huu Dung Hoang Huu Tien Hoang Quang Trung Bui Lan Phuong Nguyen Modal Preference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: An Experiment With New Modes of Transport SAGE Open |
| title | Modal Preference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: An Experiment With New Modes of Transport |
| title_full | Modal Preference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: An Experiment With New Modes of Transport |
| title_fullStr | Modal Preference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: An Experiment With New Modes of Transport |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modal Preference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: An Experiment With New Modes of Transport |
| title_short | Modal Preference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: An Experiment With New Modes of Transport |
| title_sort | modal preference in ho chi minh city vietnam an experiment with new modes of transport |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019841928 |
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