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    Public transportation in South Africa : factors influencing modal choice for work trips in Johannesburg and Cape Town
    (2020-12) Simelane, Sabelo Clyde; Geyer, H S (Manie); Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A very high percentage of the urban population relies on public transport for mobility services, which makes the development of public transportation absolutely crucial. The study uses the data from The National Household Travel Survey of 2013 to analyse work-travel patterns and to see how they are affected by different factors in two South African cities. The study analyses 1) the modal split of workers travelling to work, 2) the socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics of workers who use public transport to travel to work 3), the modal choice of workers and the different modal attributes of public transport, and 4) how these factors affect workers modal choice when travelling to work. The first three questions were answered using descriptive statistics and the results revealed that the minibus taxi is the most popular used mode of public transport in the two cities, even though in Cape Town the train usage is abnormally high and a bit higher than the minibus taxis for work travel. Non-whites are more likely to use public transport than white people, with black people being the most reliant on public transport. Lower income people were also revealed to be more reliant on public transport than higher income people, while women were less likely to use trains than men. The Multinomial Logistic Regression Model revealed that social characteristics of workers had more significant influence on workers modal choice than modal characteristics.