Choice model and influencing factors of the travel mode for motorcycle and BRT-lite in Banda Aceh, Indonesia

The City of Banda Aceh continues to experience rapid development both in terms of economy, infrastructure, and transportation which has resulted in increased autos mobilities. This increased mobility has an impact on the increasing tendency to use motorcycles which harm the environment for instances traffic congestion, air pollution, noise, and accidents. The Government of Aceh has implemented a policy called Bus Trans Koetaradja with the concept of Bus Rapid Transit-Lite (BRT-lite), but due to inaccuracy and lack of exclusive lanes, it has caused people to be reluctant to shift from private mode to the urban Bus. Therefore, this aiming at investigates the determinants of shifting travel mode choice from motorcycle to BRT-lite based travel survey conducted in Banda Aceh using the contexts of Stated Preference. Due to pandemic Covid-19, the data was collected using online-based questionnaire survey using Google form. A total of 400 data is valid and used for the analysis of travel mode choice using Binary Logistic approach. The results of the binary logistic regression analysis reveal that determinants of selecting motorcycle as a representative daily mode used is the distance to make a trip, travel time within origin-destination, and vehicle operating costs. The probability of selecting travel modes is 70% and 30% for motorcycle and BRT-lite, respectively.