Travel Time is the Main Factor for Switching Travel Mode in Tripoli Street

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Abstract: Currently, Tripoli the capital city of Libya experienced a steady increase in traffic volumes on the road network as well in the city centre. The increase has caused traffic problems. These traffic problems may extend and cause a number of adverse side effects to the whole city. Tripoli has increased ownership of private cars which are registered to the authority reaching to 743,796 vehicles of the total in the city, which reach more than one million vehicles at the end of 2009. .Were carried out a questionnaire survey in Tripoli area to study the potential reduction of private cars usage on road through optimal use of suitable public transportation system to reduce traffic congestion and travel time. Logistic regression model has been used to analyses the factor that impact users to switch their trips to public transportation (PT) alternatives.