Abstract:
The purpose of this thesis is to define factors that affect the differences in mode choices by using questionnaire. The data collected from 390 travelers, who traveled form Bangkok to Chiang Mai by low-cost carrier, expressed train and conventional intercity bus. This study formulates a multinomial logit model of travel mode choice that accommodates variations in responsiveness to level of service measures due to individual characteristics. This study consists of 3 parts: 1) Transportation from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, giving a description of traveling by low-cost carrier, expressed train and conventional intercity bus; 2) Individual characteristics and mode selection criteria; reporting traveling data in term of crosstab table and the criteria are travel cost, travel time, frequency of service, safety, convenient, service and mode familiarity; 3) Multinomial logit model; the empirical result shows that statistically significant socio-economic variables are gender, age, household income, years of schooling, travel aim, fare payer, travel experience including travel time, safety and convenience factor. The correctly predicted percent of the model is 73.6 percent with 0.443 of McFadden-R[superscript2]. Therefore, the model is suitable to trace the traveling behavior patterns.