Multi-dimensional Factors Influencing Behavioral Responses to Metro Accessibility for Social Sustainability in Transport Systems and Strategies

Abstract

The article examines factors influencing behavioral responses to metro accessibility and proposes strategies for enhancing access behaviors, intentions, motivations, and actions of metro services in Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand. Regression analysis identifies six influential factors regarding multidimensional aspects. The findings expand the knowledge on individual metro accessibility in real understanding of socioeconomic, temporal and psychological influences to improve sustainable access of such services. An importance-performance analysis technique was applied for policy design with a focus on long-term social sustainability in transportation. The policy analysis results suggested that Transit-Oriented Development application should be regarded as sustainability and importance of metro accessibility improvement strategies, on the basis of their high scores in evaluation process.