Motivating Factors for Private Car Users to Use Public Transport
Urban areas all over the world are becoming private car-dominated and less sustainable day by day. In order to limit the growth of private cars and to efficiently attract the commuters from private car to public transit, this paper aimed to identify the factors motivating the commuters to use public transport and to find out the attributes of public transport which need urgent improvement. The research was based on a survey of private car users of Dhaka city covering perceptions of public transit service performance, private car users urge to switch to public transport, the relationship between the motivating factors and the socio demographic characteristics of the respondents. The findings of this study indicated that both males and females have a negative attitude towards the public transportation system of the city. The analysis showed that the private car users will be encouraged to switch to public transport if they get facilities like air conditioning system, seat availability, women bus service, clean and comfortable bus etc. The results also showed that majority of the private car users having higher secondary and undergraduate degrees think that people use private car to highlight their social status while the respondents having postgraduate education has a mixed opinion in this regard. The findings of this study will definitely assist the transport policy makers to incorporate the necessities of private car users as public input in the transport planning process.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Abstract republished with permission of City Net Scientific Research Center, Belgrade.
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Authors:
- Anik, Md Asif Hasan
- Ahmed, Fuad
- Atin, Fahmun Nabi
- Ahmed, Nuzhat Tabassum
- Mutsuddy, Amit
- Al Imran, Musaddik
- Haque, Nazia
- Zihan, Tasman
- Rayhan, Rafiz
- Publication Date: 2018
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 82-98
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Serial:
- International Journal for Traffic and Transport Engineering
- Volume: 8
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: City Net Scientific Research Center Ltd.
- ISSN: 2217-544X
- EISSN: 2217-5652
- Serial URL: http://www.ijtte.com/home/
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Publication flags:
Open Access (libre)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Decision making; Mode choice; Motivation; Private passenger vehicles; Public transit; Sustainable transportation; Urban areas
- Geographic Terms: Dhaka (Bangladesh)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01676396
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 26 2018 2:38PM