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“Transportation for A Better Life:
Smart Mobility for Now and Then”

23 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

Choice Analysis of Point-to-Point Bus Service and Other Modes of
Transportation in Metro Manila
Topic number: 03 Paper Identification number: AYRF2019-034
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Emmeline ESPEÑO , Kane ILAO , Princess TAMAYAO , Justin TOMALIWAN
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1 Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
De La Salle University
Telephone (02) 524-461, Fax. 302-4234 local 226
E-mail: emmeline_espeno@dlsu.edu.ph

2 Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
De La Salle University
Telephone (02) 524-461, Fax. 302-4234 local 226
E-mail: kane_ilao@dlsu.edu.ph

3 Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
De La Salle University
Telephone (02) 524-461, Fax. 302-4234 local 226
E-mail: princess_tamayao@dlsu.edu.ph

4 Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
De La Salle University
Telephone (02) 524-461, Fax. 302-4234 local 226
E-mail: justin_tomaliwan@dlsu.edu.ph

Abstract

Choice analysis is essential in the process of travel demand forecasting and determining the
efficiency of the current modal choices in a study area. It also determines if the mode choice attracts
passengers by analyzing the behaviors of the commuters. The study used the NLOGIT 3.0 program to
analyze the mode choice of commuters in Metro Manila and compared the currently used mode choices
such as public buses, Van/UV/FX, trains, private cars, app-related mode, with the newly introduced mode
choice, the Point-to-Point (P2P) Bus Service. The data were gathered through surveys and interviews of
people who have used the P2P Bus Service and then processed through NLOGIT 3.0. The results showed
that gender and car ownership are significant determinants of the mode choice of commuters. In the derived
utility equations, comfortability was found to be a significant P2P Serviceability factor. Total travel time
and travel costs were also found to be significant mode characteristics for all modes of transportation.

Keywords: Choice Analysis, Metro Manila, NLOGIT, Point-to-Point Bus Service, Public Transportation,
Utility Equation

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