Modal Split Of Work Trips Undertaken By Public Servants In Minna Niger State Nigeria.

The use of multinomial logit models for predicting mode- choice decisions for urban travelshas gained prominence in recent years. The prime advantage of this model lies in theirability to allocate travel demand among many modes at the same time, as opposed to thetraditional binary mode-choice models developed in the early sixties. Journey to work isvital in any aspect of land use and transport planning. Transport remains a vital componentof the urban economy that enables the populace to move freely between their homes andplace of work. This study examines the factors that influence modes of travel of civilservants in Minna. Questionnaire administrations are used in establishing the modes oftravel and factors influencing them were evaluated. The survey results showed that a largesplit of the workers (25.4%) use taxis as the dominant mode of transport to work. Statisticalregression analysis using SPSS was used to derive the utility function and multinomial logitmodel was used to calculate the probability of occurrence of each particular mode.

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