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impact. In general, income is found to have no significant impact on <strong>the</strong> level of CO 2emissions.6 Conclusion <strong>and</strong> Policy ImplicationsThis paper has attempted to analyze <strong>the</strong> determinants of transport mode choice to work inMauritius as well as <strong>the</strong> resulting carbon emissions emanating from private cars. For thispurpose, a household drop-off survey was conducted. A MNL model is utilized toestimate <strong>the</strong> effect of personal, household, institutional, <strong>and</strong> economic characteristics on<strong>the</strong> travel choices, namely car, bus <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs (such are motor vehicles, company vans,walking, taxis <strong>and</strong> company cars). While age, gender, qualification <strong>and</strong> residential areahave no impact on <strong>the</strong> mode choice between car <strong>and</strong> bus, factors such as householdincome, work location, travel expenses <strong>and</strong> duration of journey to work are found to be ofstatistically significant influence. Additionally, an OLS regression is run to capture <strong>the</strong>factors affecting CO 2 emissions. These are age of <strong>the</strong> individuals, fuel type <strong>and</strong> distanceto work.With <strong>the</strong> continuous rise in income <strong>and</strong> suburbanization development, private carownership is expected to continue its upward trend. However, due to limited l<strong>and</strong>capacity, bottlenecks are bound to become more acute while at <strong>the</strong> same time caremissions are expected to rise. More <strong>and</strong> more people are becoming dependent on car totravel to work. There is <strong>the</strong>re<strong>for</strong>e a pressing need to reverse this unhealthy state of affairs.With income playing a central role in choice mode, increasing <strong>the</strong> cost of privatetransport such increasing car declaration fee can stimulate a modal shift. Car pooling canRisø International <strong>Energy</strong> Conference 2011 Proceedings Page 400

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