Workers' attitude towards bus rapid transit in Dhaka, Bangladesh


Autoria(s): Nasrin, Sharmin; Bunker, Jonathan M.; Zheng, Zuduo
Data(s)

01/03/2015

Resumo

This study investigates: –how travel and socio-demographic attributes act on workers’ mode choice decisions in Dhaka –whether Dhaka’s commuters would choose BRT for their work trip once implemented •Very limited research exists on users’ perceptions of BRT in developing countries’ megacities •We adopted a discrete choice modelling approach •As BRT has not yet been implemented in Dhaka, we collected Stated Choice (SC) survey data including a hypothetical BRT mode to understand factors important to workers’ mode choice decisions •We compare the impact of travel factors between Dhaka and cities of developed countries

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/80205/

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/80205/1/TRB15-0294%20nasrin%20bunker%20zheng.pdf

Nasrin, Sharmin, Bunker, Jonathan M., & Zheng, Zuduo (2015) Workers' attitude towards bus rapid transit in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting, 11-15 January 2015, Washington, D.C.

Direitos

Copyright 2015 the authors

Fonte

School of Civil Engineering & Built Environment; Science & Engineering Faculty

Palavras-Chave #090507 Transport Engineering #bus rapid transit #multinomial logit model #stated preference survey
Tipo

Conference Item