Commuting Trips, Income and Gender in the Metropolitan Maputo, Mozambique

Tembe, Atanasio; Matusse, Anselmo

doi:10.4236/cus.2020.84031

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“…On the other hand, income and gender have negative influence on Modal split. This outcome is consistent with the work of Tembe and Matusse (2020) who found a negative relationship between gender and modal choice in Maputo, Mozambique. The implication is that a 1% decrease in the income of commuters will cause −0.216% decrease in modal shift from private transport to public transport.…”

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“…Distinctively, Tembe and Matusse (2020) used binomial logistic regression to estimate the modal split in Maputo, Mozambique. The study found, contrary to Salon and Aligula (2012), Agyemang (2017), and Acheampong (2020), that the mode share of urban trips is dominated by walking (45.8%), followed by paratransit chapas (32.9%), private cars (10.2%), buses (9.2%), train (0.6%), and others (1.3%).…”

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Analysis of Modal Split of Intra-urban Trips in a Centenary City: A Case Study of Enugu, Nigeria

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The mode choice of commuters is an important element in the formulation and design of transportation policy. It gives policymakers a better understanding of the dynamics of intra urban trips. However, most of the studies on the modal split of intra urban trips found in the literature focused on Europe, America, and Southeast Asia with little emphasis on Africa. The lacuna this trend creates motivates this study to present evidence from Nigeria using the centenary city of Enugu as a case study. This study is critical for knowledge production that drives explicit outline strategies for the development of a sustainable urban transportation system in Nigeria. Data on modal split and determinant factors were collected from primary source through the use of a questionnaire. Discriminant analysis was used to classify the modal split of intra urban trips in Enugu into two groups’ namely public and private transport. Although public transport modes are the most used for intra urban trips, the mode share indicates that private transport mode (car) is the most used single mode for intra urban trips. More than three-quarters of commuters that use private transport for intra urban trips prefer the mode, whereas a little less than one-fifth of commuters will switch to public transport modes. On the other hand, most of the commuters that use public transport for intra urban trips prefer the modes and very few others will switch to private transport. Car ownership has the strongest influence on the modal split. The study identifies the need for policy interventions that reflects better understating of the dynamics of intra urban trips.

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