TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR How do people commmute? What is the purpose of travelling? Travel/commute is one of the basic needs of the people. Cities
vechile ownership of the precint? Which mode of transport do
being large multi-purpose spaces require even more commute.
people prefer and why? The frequency and the primary purpose
This exercise studied the travel patterns of people; what is the
the trips is also analysed.
The residents are not travelling for socialisation or enertainment Trip Distribution by Purpose Others 1%
Education 19%
Vehicle Ownership by Type 100% 90%
Work 48%
80%
Vehicle Percentage Type
70%
Social 32%
60% None
50%
Cycles 4 Wheelers
40%
2 Wheelers
30% 20%
WORK Average Trip Trip rate per capita / day Length 17.26 km 5.13
SOCIAL Average Trip Trip rate per capita / day Length 2.94 km 1.36
Mode Share Walk 22%
10% 0%
• People mostly travel for work. • The lower trip rates for “social” and “other” purposes is probably due to low incomes.
2 Wheeler 34%
0-10
10-30
30-60
>60
School Bus/Chartered Bus 8% Cycle 3% AMTS 2%
Income Range Income of Houshold(thousand rupees) Range of HH
Vehicle ownership by Income Group
• 2-Wheeler
4 Wheeler 22%
is
owned
by
maximum
households LIGs can only afford to own cycles • Cycles are owned by most LIGs and few LMIGs. • The former can afford to purchase only cycles, owing to the low incomes. Some households own multiple vehicles • Ownership of multiple vehicles is for the convenience of the families • This helps in case there are more than one working members Cities as Community
EDUCATION Average Trip Trip rate per capita / day Length 3.36 km 0.95
OTHERS Average Trip Trip rate per capita / day Length 1.67 km 0.02
• People commute mostly for work (trip rate = 5.13 per capita per day) • The high trip rate for work implies people change their mode of commute while travelling to and from workplaces. • The work-place distance is also large.
3 Wheeler 9%
People do not have faith in the public transport network • Despite of being inexpensive, most people do not prefer to use pubilc transport for commute • This suggests that public transport offers an inferior quality of service. People prefer walking to excessive use of vehicles • A quarter of the modal share is walking • This implies that the daily needs of the people are met in close vicinity of their homes and/or the incomes do not permit excessive use of vehicles
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