How to define and measure modal share?

Strommer, Tamás and Munkácsy, András and Földes, Dávid (2023) How to define and measure modal share? TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROCEDIA, 72. pp. 2888-2895. ISSN 2352-1465

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Abstract

Modal share is a well-known and regularly used indicator in transport research and mobility management. Despite its general use in policies and plans, the modal share is a rather under-researched topic, particularly from a scientific point of view—the lack of commonly used terminology and methodology cause difficulties in creating a comprehensive analysis. Hence, systematic literature review was carried out to reveal the different measuring and calculating methods of modal share. We found that apart from the methodological questions of measuring the performance of transport modes, the methodology of measuring walking—an essential yet hard-to-measure transport mode—is problematic and raises technical issues as well. The key findings of the study are that the option for novel transport modes have to be measured as the ‘traditional’ ones, and taking walking into account cannot be omitted.

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