Analysis of Travel Pattern and Preferences of Elder People (A case study of Bharatpur Metropolitan)

Abstract

There  are numerous differences in the travel interests, preferences, and choices of individuals within different life stages of old age. The physical and mental conditions of people change with age. Segmenting  older adults into different age groups will assist in determining patterns in older individuals’ travel needs and interests. This study seeks to explore the similarities and differences in the travel pattern amongst the three age brackets (60-70), (70-80), and age above 80. The results from the Multinomial Logit Model revealed significant differences in the travel behavior and pattern among these respondents. The model estimates shows log odds of an elderly male to travel daily is higher than an elderly female. Elderly (70-80)years of age have greater tendency to travel than 60-70 but as age increases above 80, preference to travel reduces due to different physical and health related limitations. This result shows that eldely using long term medicine are less likely to travel in future than those not using the medicine daily. Presence of more elderly person seems to decerese the number of trips of elderly. Unemployed elderly have lower log-odds of travelling in future compared to those who are employed. The model result shows that as the income increases the elderly are less likely to travel daily. Also eldely using internet tends to be more mobile than those not using it. The coefficient estimates show delay as main reason for discouraging the use of public vehicle and the future travelling preferences. Increase in distance decreases the number of trips of elderly but for time the result is counter intuitive. The model estimates show that the people using reserve seat increases the daily trip compared to not using it.