Modelling Household Vehicle Ownership in Asian Medium-Sized Urban Area: A Case Study of Khon Kaen City, Thailand

Abstract

This study aims at explaining the fundamental nature of vehicle ownership in a mid-sized city of Thailand. The data used in this study is extracted from a household vehicle ownership survey recently conducted in Khon Kaen City, Thailand. A validity assessment on the data is also undertaken and briefly presented. Models developed in the study suggest that the nature of car ownership in the study area appears to be frankly understandable and consistent with previous studies. On the other hand, behaviour of motorcycle ownership is rather more complicated than that for car, and somewhat deviations from the suggestions given by previous studies. Findings of this study have also proved that the study area is fairly unique from million-population cities where previous studies were undertaken. Eventually, several concerns and issues found in this study are given as a direction for future studies on vehicle ownership in mid-sized cities of Thailand.