Ahmedabad, India, has serious traffic congestion problems in peak periods. This is mainly due to the use of cars and motorcycles. The usage of public transport, consisting of a bus system called “AMTS” and a rapid transit bus called “BRTS”, represented only a 12% modal share in Ahmedabad in 2011. This study explores the conditions underlying the non-use of public transport and its feeders among car and motorcycle owners in Ahmedabad. We conducted a household questionnaire survey that gathers respondents’ subjective impressions of public transport and its feeder services in the suburban areas of Ahmedabad in December 2017. A Transport Unacceptance Model is developed based on the Technology Acceptance Model 2 using structural equation modelling based on the collected samples. We reveal that the “no advantage to use” among the owners of cars and motorcycles has the highest effect on the non-use of AMTS among the latent variables, followed by “burden to use”. The observed variables “effort to transfer” and “effort of route choice” significantly affect the “burden to use” latent variable. “Burden to use” regarding auto-rickshaws has a relatively strong effect on the non-use of AMTS. This implies that improving feeder services (i.e. the connectivity between auto-rickshaws and AMTS) is important for enhancing the use of AMTS. As for BRTS, “burden to use public transport (i.e. ticketing system)” and “auto-rickshaw” have the strongest effects among the latent variables. Several negative impressions of auto-rickshaws as a feeder service are observed in both AMTS and BRTS. Particularly, subjective norms such as “family and friends do not use auto-rickshaw” are influential on the non-use of public transport.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate public attitudes towards sustainable urban transport in the City of Tshwane in order to develop guidelines for sustainable urban transport. The number of households owning private cars increased approximately from 22.9% in 2003 to 28.5% in 2013. Geographical location is used for quota sampling so that all the seven regions in the Tshwane could be represented. The total sample size of the study is (N=418). Primary data is gathered by a structured questionnaire while the Likert scale method was employed to get public attitudes regarding sustainable urban transport. The City of Tshwane in South Africa had the largest increase in population using private cars between 2003 and 2013 of approximately 11.3%, hence there is a need to shift from private cars to sustainable modes of transport. The findings of the research revealed that private cars are the most frequently used mode of transport in the City of Tshwane. The results also indicated that the majority of the residents of the City of Tshwane had a negative attitude towards sustainable transport modes and it was attributed to safety, reliability and convenience concerns. Finally, the paper provides recommendations on how the city planners need to implement transport initiatives that can improve the service quality and safety features of sustainable transport modes. The findings presented in this study provide useful insights to the city planners to secure sustainable urban transportation in the City of Tshwane.
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A competitive road construction industry can provide various benefits to the society, such as designing and building road infrastructures which can cope with the ever-changing social and economic needs. Hence, in today’s competitive market, construction companies have to assess the cost effectiveness of road transport projects in order to support well-informed decision-making. Proper impact assessment will result in road design that is more advanced, efficient operations and improved environmental protection. The traditional road impact assessment methodologies, however, lack the integration of the available natural resources (renewable and non-renewable), environment and relevant stakeholders during the planning phase. The central thrust of this paper is thus to propose a holistic methodology for assessing the impacts of the road projects by taking into account the available natural resources, the environment and by involving all relevant stakeholders. The paper also outlines steps to assess both monetised and non-monetised impacts. By employing the proposed steps, the advantages and disadvantages of new road networks can be identified in a methodical way.
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