Resumen
Travel behavior research across India has been mainly limited to understanding transport patterns in urban areas. Interregional travel outside your ?usual place of residence? is predominantly facilitated by the public transport systems, primarily buses and trains, with air travel being mostly popular in the affluent class. Modal choice for long distance travel is affected by various personal and trip characteristics including the purpose of trip and the destination being traveled to. Binary logistic mode choice models were created for overnight and sameday trips originating from urban and rural areas. The models showcased that increase in the number of companions increased private vehicle use in urban areas, whereas it increased probability of using public transport in rural areas. Time of the year was a significant factor influencing long distance train travel and the interaction term of purpose by destination showcased that for social trips outside one?s district trains were preferred, whereas for trips being made inside district, buses were preferred. Pilgrimage trips outside one?s district positively influenced walking. With the growing impetus in building road infrastructure for private transport, using the results various policy implications are discussed highlighting the importance of improving public transport services for long distance travel.