An Investigation of Factors Influencing the Choice Between Private Vehicles and Public Transportation in Bangkok Metropolitan Region
Keywords:
Private Vehicles, Public transportation, Transportation, Survey ResearchAbstract
This research aims to investigate factors influencing the decision to choose between private vehicles and public transportation in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region. The study commenced with a survey research methodology for data collection. Data analysis involved descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing using a T-test. The findings indicate that among the sample group, the highest satisfaction with private vehicle usage across four factors was related to safety (𝑥̅=4.57), while the lowest was time management (𝑥̅=3.50). Concurrently, for public transportation usage, the highest satisfaction among the four factors was also safety
(𝑥̅=4.51), with the lowest being cost (𝑥̅=3.98). Hypothesis test results revealed that the factors of road safety and traffic routes had Sig. values of 0.420 and 0.230. This indicates that these two factors do influence the choice between private vehicles and public transportation at a statistically. Conversely, the cost of travel and time management factors had Sig. values of 0.000 and 0.0001. This suggests that these two factors do not influence the choice between private vehicles and public transportation at a statistically significant level of 0.05.
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