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Comparative analysis of household car, motorcycle and bicycle ownership between Osaka metropolitan area, Japan and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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The interactions among different types of vehicle ownership including car, motorcycle and bicycle are examined by developing simultaneous vehicle ownership models in this study. Large scale person trip survey data for Osaka metropolitan area, Japan and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are used for empirical analysis. The results suggest that population density at residential area significantly and negatively affects car ownership for both areas, and that the effects are larger for Osaka metropolitan area than for Kuala Lumpur. Also, bicycle ownership becomes higher at higher population density area for Osaka area, while higher at lower population density area for Kuala Lumpur, which represents the different usage patterns of bicycle between the two areas.

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This research is a part of JSPS-VCC Core University Program: Environmental Science, “Establishment of Society Aiming at Zero Discharge and Zero Emission”. Constructive comments and suggestions by the editor as well as anonymous reviewers significantly aided in improving the quality of the paper. I also appreciate the supports by Metin Senbil and Ho Quoc Chinh on assembling the data sets.

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Yamamoto, T. Comparative analysis of household car, motorcycle and bicycle ownership between Osaka metropolitan area, Japan and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Transportation 36, 351–366 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-009-9196-x

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