Preferences for long-distance coach transport: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment

Compared to other transport modes, coach transport continues to have a limited share in long-distance travel. Nevertheless, this can change due to the recent liberalization of the coach market in many West European countries. In this paper, we analyse if long-distance travellers could be interested in coach transport, and which service characteristics are most convincing in addition to travel time and travel cost. For this purpose, we designed an online stated preference survey and collected data from 274 Belgian respondents who occasionally travel long-distances by coach for business, leisure... Mehr ...