How to build a more sustainable passenger air transport system: multimodal experience

Abstract

A fully integrated passenger multimodal system is a new concept in the transport industry, and consequently, data on system interoperability is lacking. In this paper, a qualitative research method is applied, to get the transport experts’ opinions and information on how the multimodal system should be designed. Although they are aware that the collaboration should result in an increase in the volume of passengers, the most challenging task is to convince transport operators to share the data with each other, due to legal issues. To determine the passengers’ perspective on making multimodal choices in their journeys, the travel demand model is developed, based on online survey data. The proposed (Binary Logistic Regression) model reveals the importance for policymakers and transport operators serving the airport to address access time reliability by carefully considering the passengers’ preferences in terms of their needs and age.

Keywords

• Multimodal journey
• Seamless door-to-door
• Travel behaviour
• Binary logistic regression model
• Air transport