Is the Use of Informal Public Transport modes in Developing Countries Habitual? An Empirical Study in Davao City, Philippines GUILLEN, Marie Danielle; ISHIDA, Haruo and OKAMOTO, Naohisa IS THE USE OF INFORMAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT MODES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HABITUAL? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES Marie Danielle Guillen, Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan, Quezon City Philippines 1 Tel +63 Email
[email protected] Haruo Ishida, University of Tsukuba, Urban Transportation Lab., Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai1-1-1, Tsukuba Ibaraki, 305-8577 Japan Naohisa Okamoto, University of Tsukuba, Urban Transportation Lab. Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba Tennodai1-1-1, Tsukuba Ibaraki, 305-8577 Japan ABSTRACT Many cities of developing countries are characterized by the presence of its unique kind of public transportation often described as informal. It is often noted that the lower income category of people are usually the ones who rely on informal public transport services. There is an assumption that public transport dependency on certain mode is due to lack of option. Using Davao City, Philippines as the case study area, the paper explored the concept of public transport dependency to the different road-based public transport modes in emerging city, using both concepts of rational behaviour and planned behaviour. Empirical results using structural analysis shows the strong public transport dependency to jeepneys and tricycles in the case study area where half of the household population has vehicles. It confirms the role of rational behaviour such that one’s socio-economic factors affect modal decision.