Graduate Student

Abstract: Comparison of passengers volume who traveled by the airline and high-speed railway, Shinkansen, show that airline passengers are increasing by various discounted fares were introduced after airfare deregulation in 1997. The questionnaire survey by the Internet was carried out about the person who moves between Keihanshin and Fukuoka in Japan. Most passengers were found to value the various factors by aggregating and analyzing valid response. In addition, the binary choice model was estimated so that we can consider the relationship on modal choice behavior and the factors passengers pay attention. From the result of this model, the factor is expected to the following; “line haul cost”, “time out-of-vehicle” and “number of transfer”. The hit ratio of this model which contains these factors is about 70 percent. Therefore, it is reasonable to say that this model is the best for explaining passengers' behavior