Modeling Swiss mobility tool ownership: A hybrid multivariate probit approach with sample selection

Abstract

Ownership of mobility tools such as cars, season tickets or car-sharing memberships is a strong determinant of a person’s short-term travel behaviour. But despite their important role, the interrelations between the three mobility tools are not yet fully understood. Whilst the backgrounds of car-ownership and season-ticket ownership and their interdependencies have already been subject to various quantitative studies, the motives for and impacts of car-sharing membership are less clear: Although the literature consistently suggests, that car-sharing reduces its members’ level of car-ownership and use, only few papers have addressed these questions using quantitative methods.