Abstract
AbstractUrban areas are significant components for any developing and developed countries. Urban areas provide livelihood for majority of the country’s population. Various service and manufacturing sectors concentrate in and around the urban areas. Numerous markets operate within the urban areas. Urban areas require efficient and sustainable transportation systems to enable the people to move for their needs and also to connect markets for transportation of goods. The public transportation in urban areas is mainly run by state governments and is meant to cater for majority of the general public. It is seen from various studies that for an urban area to have sustainable transportation system, emphasis has to be given to public transportation while limiting the use of private transportation. The present study investigates into the problems affecting public transportation in an urban area and finds solutions for improvement and also sets the direction for moving towards sustainable transportation system. Pune city is taken up as a case for studying urban transportation problems. A questionnaire survey was carried out among various commuters in Pune city. The survey was aimed to find the problems faced by the general public and which factors influence them to choose private transportation over public transportation. A total of 1180 responses were collected from residents of Pune city. The responses were subjected to descriptive analysis and reliability and validity tests. An exploratory factor analysis on the response data revealed nine key factors in choosing between public transportation and private transportation. The factors were (1) service between home and work, (2) Flexibility in travel, (3) Doorstep availability, (4) Minimal stops or delay, (5) Clear fare structure, (6) Easy to arrange transport, (7) Maintenance or quality, (8) Safety in travel and (9) Social status. Some of these factors can be addressed and resolved to improve the sustainability of public transportation. Whilst some factors such as doorstep availability and flexibility in travel are distant possibilities of the future. Thus, this study finds key factors for the government departments to focus on improving urban public transportation and providing sustainability for the future.KeywordsUrban transportationSustainabilityFactor analysisPublic transportation
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