Research on Nonlinear Associations and Interactions for Short-Distance Travel Mode Choice of Car Users

Table 7

MNL model estimation results.

Mode (automobile)	Bicycle		Walk
	Coef.	> |Z|	Coef.	> |Z|
Constant	2.68	0.00	0.58	0.60
Travel information
Travel distance	−0.63	0.00	−1.27	0.00
Trip purpose (other)
Commute	−0.36	0.09	−0.42	0.15
Entertainment	−0.07	0.74	0.08	0.78
Official business	−0.64	0.02	−1.01	0.01
Built environment
Bus stop	0.05	0.00	0.10	0.00
Bus route	−0.01	0.34	−0.01	0.63
Subway distance	−0.05	0.33	−0.20	0.02
CBD distance	−0.02	0.11	0.01	0.42
Road density	0.02	0.47	0.10	0.03
Intersection density	0.05	0.07	−0.01	0.76
Bus distance	−0.63	0.00	1.77	0.06
Land use mix	−0.73	0.34	0.80	0.30
Demographic characteristics
Travel cost (above 40 RMB)
Below 10 RMB	0.54	0.03	0.96	0.01
10–40 RMB	−0.04	0.83	0.54	0.08
Age (61–70 years old)
18–30 years old	−1.50	0.00	−1.43	0.02
31–40 years old	−1.28	0.00	−1.30	0.03
41–50 years old	−1.04	0.01	−0.85	0.16
51–60 years old	−1.62	0.00	−1.76	0.00
Car use (used primarily by family)
Totally at my disposal	−0.64	0.00	−0.24	0.36
Used primarily by me	−0.98	0.00	0.02	0.93
Occupation (other)
Self-employed	−0.62	0.03	−0.39	0.29
Employed	−0.75	0.00	−0.37	0.19
Retirement	−0.37	0.22	−0.13	0.78
Education (highly)
Low	−0.57	0.03	0.83	0.01
Medium	−0.18	0.36	0.29	0.28
Income (above 200,000 RMB)
Below 50,000 RMB	0.60	0.03	0.45	0.24
50,000–200,000 RMB	0.54	0.01	0.82	0.00
Male (female)	0.11	0.49	−0.92	0.00
Pseudo R^2 = 0.33; LR chi^2 = 579.15

Note: significance at the 10% level; significance at the 5% level. The contents in parentheses are the reference group.