The objective of this paper is to explore if and how the primary transport mode of women in Saudi Arabia changed since they are allowed to issue a driving license and drive, and what the factors affecting modal switch behavior are. A survey was launched as part of the national project She Drives KSA a year after the activation of the decree on allowing women drive. 20,504 women participated in the survey. Data analysis shows that modal shifts happened to several directions. A significant percentage of women (22.7%) has switched from “household car-as a passenger” to “household car-as a driver”. In total, 37.7% of the participants have switched to household car-as a driver. A nested logit model is developed and the model estimation results indicate that employed women, women in the age groups of 18 to 29 and 30 to 39, women with high educational level, and single women are more likely to change from “household private car-as a passenger”, “ridehailing” and “other” to “household private car-as a driver”. Women who are unemployed, with low educational level and from households with low monthly income, are more likely to not change their primary transport mode. To our knowledge, this is the first research investigating such a unique and sensitive topic that is expected to significantly affect women's travel behavior.

本文的目的是探讨沙特阿拉伯女性的主要交通方式在获准颁发驾驶执照和开车后是否以及如何发生变化，以及影响交通方式转换行为的因素是什么。在允许女性开车的法令生效一年后，作为国家项目 She Drives KSA 的一部分启动了一项调查。20,504 名女性参与了调查。数据分析表明，模态转移发生在几个方向。很大比例的女性（22.7%）已经从“作为乘客的家用汽车”转变为“作为司机的家用汽车”。总共有 37.7% 的参与者已经转用家用汽车作为驾驶员。开发了嵌套 logit 模型，模型估计结果表明，就业女性、18 至 29 岁和 30 至 39 岁年龄组的女性、受教育程度高的女性、单身女性更有可能从“家庭私家车——作为乘客”、“网约车”和“其他”转变为“家庭私家车——作为司机”。失业、教育水平低和家庭月收入低的妇女更有可能不改变她们的主要交通方式。据我们所知，这是第一次调查如此独特而敏感的话题，预计会显着影响女性的旅行行为。