Comparative Analysis on Determinant Factors of Household Vehicle Ownership between Hochiminh and Hanoi Metropolitans, Vietnam

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Simultaneously owning different types of vehicle including car, motorcycle and bicycle is addressed in this study by using ramdom utility models. The empirical analysis uses large scale person trip survey data for the two biggest Metropolitans in Vietnam and adopts multinomial logit (MNL) models and nested logit (NL) models as approaches to describe vehicle ownership at household level. The results indicate that income is a dorminant factor for vehicle ownership of any type and its effects are larger on car and motorcycle ownership than on bicycle ownership. Motorcycle is used as a substitute for bicycle in Hochiminh metropolitan (HCM) while the reverse thing holds true for Hanoi area.