Research Article
Influence of Mobile Payment on Bus Boarding Service Time
Table 1
Descriptions of the variables in regression models.
| Variables | Description | Models |
| Dependent | BST | The boarding service time | 1, 2, 3 |
| Independent | Cash0 | The number of passengers paying by cash as their first choice | 1, 3 | IC0 | The number of passengers paying by IC card as their first choice | 1 | QR0 | The number of passengers paying by QR code as their first choice | 1 | Cash1 | The number of passengers paying by cash effectively | 2 | IC1 | The number of passengers paying by IC card effectively | 2,3 | QR1 | The number of passengers paying by QR code effectively | 2 | IC-Cash | The number of passengers transferring from IC card to cash | 3 | IC-QR | The number of passengers transferring from IC card to QR code | 3 | QR-Cash | The number of passengers transferring from QR code to cash | 3 | QR-Once | The number of passengers paying by QR code as their first choice with only one scanning | 3 | QR-QR | The number of passengers paying by QR code as their first choice with more than one scanning | 3 | Delays | The number of passengers with delay in calling out QR code | 3 | Crowdedness | Level of in-vehicle crowdedness when buses arrive at stops | 1, 2, 3 |
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1 represents the first-choice-based model, 2 represents the last-choice-based model, and 3 represents the choice-transfer-based model. |