Comparative Analysis of Household Car and Motorcycle Ownership Characteristics

Abstract

This paper adopted Poisson regression model to investigate motorcycle ownership and car ownership characteristics using the household survey data in three typical cities in Taiwan. The different ownership characteristics of motorcycle in the cities are significantly illustrated by the research results. According to the results, the car ownership will reduce when motorcycle ownership increases. High public transportation usage will reduce the motorcycle ownership in the city which has better public transportation system. The income has significant negative influence on motorcycle ownership. The different motorcycle ownership in the cities with different transportation development features in Taiwan can provide a valuable experience in expecting future development tendency of motorcycle ownership for other Asian countries.