TRAVEL BEHAVIOR OF CONDOMINIUM RESIDENTS NEAR URBAN RAIL TRANSIT STATIONS: CASE OF METRO MANILA

Abstract

Metro Manila’s traffic congestion problem had been a concern for the travel behavior of commuters due to the lack of mobility and difficulty in accessibility. A shift from automobile to transit use would be beneficial for the progress of a transit-oriented development in Metro Manila. Using questionnaire survey and logistic regression analysis, the effects of different socio-economic and land use characteristics among commuters using urban rail transit and automobile, and whose residences are along stations of the rail transit would determine the behavior of their travel. The research outcomes entails that commuters whose residents are very near the rail transit stations are more likely to utilize them. On the other hand, as the residence to transit station proximity increases, a higher likelihood of choosing automobiles or different public transit as their modes of transport was observed, but due to some beneficial factors and own perception, some commuters with the same land use characteristic, still use rail transit.