Determining variables for transport mode choice: An integrated and descriptive analysis in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area, Brazil

Luciana Leirião () and Simone Georges El Khouri Miraglia ()
Additional contact information
Luciana Leirião: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp)
Simone Georges El Khouri Miraglia: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp)

Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos, 2025, vol. 19, issue 1, 1-23

Abstract: Strategies to promote sustainable means of transportation can emerge from the understanding of how people choose travel modes. Studies about it are focused on developed countries, where people have more alternatives to commuting. Using an origin-destination survey database, this study investigated how access and egress distances, car ownership, household income, and travel distance influence people from São Paulo Metropolitan Area on their choice between railway transportation, bus, and car. 81% of the trips performed by railway transportation have the origin and the destination close to a station. Car ownership increases car choice, but it also depends on household income. Finally, cars are preferred for short travels and railway transportation for longer ones. The study indicates that expanding the railway network has a high potential to promote modal shifts, especially in long travels. It supports railway network expansion, which is constantly downgraded due to the high associated cost.

Keywords: Mobility; Modal share; Mode choice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://revistaaber.org.br/rberu/article/view/947 Full text (application/pdf)
ris

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ris:rberur:0231

Access Statistics for this article

Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos is currently edited by Edson Paulo Domingues, Weslem Rodrigues Faria and Inácio Fernandes de Araújo

More articles in Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos from Associação Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos (ABER) Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Edson Paulo Domingues ().