Mobility planning for urban employee to workplace: an analysis of bus routes network and stop locations

Abstract

Efficient mobility planning for urban employee brings significant benefits to the quality of life and securing freshness to the environment. However, encouraging people to use public transport to workplace is a big challenge although many strategies have been made. The aim of this study is to explore the journey to workplace by urban employee with objectives to analyse the coverage area and stops location along the trip. This research was conducted at Klang District and the focus group were from the urban employee who is using a public bus as daily mobility to the workplace. The research method comprises the interview sessions and the distribution of questionnaire forms to 100 employees. Statistical and GIS analysis were used to show the accessibility pattern, the bus stop location, distance, and time to the workplace area. The GIS network analysis on pathfinding helps in reviewing the current path taken and used to establish the optimal suggestion of routes that the commuter can decide. This research explores the needs for employee in engaging the public bus as the main mobility to workplace. The result proposed route with considering the respondents’ experience issue and mobility parameter to promote the use of public transport to workplace.