Influence of Accessibility Factors on Travel Mode Choice in an Emerging Metropolitan City, Surat

Urbanization in Indian cities increasing rapidly causing increase in population of cities, traffic congestion, noise pollution and air pollution of cities. Trip based four-stage travel demand modelling is commonly used tool to forecast travel demand in urban areas. This paper focuses on the trip rate as well as mode preference behavior of travelers from Surat city in Indian State of Gujarat. Study area is the East zone among the seven administrative zones of Surat city because population of East zone is 25% of city population and residential density is 18,961 persons per km2. Home interview survey technique is carried out with designed questionnaire. Sample size considered is 0.05% of total population of zone. Trip rate model is calibrated by using Multilinear Regression and Logit model is applied for mode choice. It is found that accessibility measures will affect the mode choice for particular zone.