Abstract
This paper investigates the characteristics of motorcycle ownership and car ownership in three typical cities in Taiwan. In the paper, Poisson regression models are estimated for the cities using the household survey data. The motorcycle ownership characteristics are found significantly different among the cities. In general, there are substitution effects between car ownership and motorcycle ownership. High usage of public transportation in the city will cause motorcycle ownership reduce, when the city has better public transportation service. The income level has significant negative influence on motorcycle ownership. The motorcycle ownership will also be influenced by transportation supply level of the city. The research results illustrate a valuable experience in perspective to future development tendency of motorcycle ownership.
