A study on urban-rural public bus passengers' demographic and trip characteristics in Peninsular Malaysia

This research highlights the urban-rural bus services gap in the selected settlements in Peninsular Malaysia. Four states are selected as case studies with Johor to represent the southern states, Penang to represent the northern states and for east-coast states, Pahang is selected. Meanwhile Perak...

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Main Authors: Ponrohono, Zakiah, Bachok, Syahriah, Ibrahim, Mansor, Mohamed Osman, Mariana
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Language:English
Published: Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM 2015
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spelling iium-503132017-11-20T08:28:06Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/50313/ A study on urban-rural public bus passengers' demographic and trip characteristics in Peninsular Malaysia Ponrohono, Zakiah Bachok, Syahriah Ibrahim, Mansor Mohamed Osman, Mariana HE Transportation and Communications This research highlights the urban-rural bus services gap in the selected settlements in Peninsular Malaysia. Four states are selected as case studies with Johor to represent the southern states, Penang to represent the northern states and for east-coast states, Pahang is selected. Meanwhile Perak is to represent a still developing state, which is yet to reach the advanced level of large conurbations. The main objectives are to evaluate the urban and rural bus service quality through passenger satisfaction survey. A total of 1130 survey questionnaire forms is distributed and collected. The results confirmed that there are gaps in urban and rural bus services based on the level of satisfaction among the passengers from different localities. Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50313/4/50313-article.pdf Ponrohono, Zakiah and Bachok, Syahriah and Ibrahim, Mansor and Mohamed Osman, Mariana (2015) A study on urban-rural public bus passengers' demographic and trip characteristics in Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Architecture, Planning and Construction Management, 5 (1). pp. 57-69. ISSN 2231-9514 http://journals.iium.edu.my/kaedjournal/index.php/KAEDJournals/article/view/122/137
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Ponrohono, Zakiah
Bachok, Syahriah
Ibrahim, Mansor
Mohamed Osman, Mariana
A study on urban-rural public bus passengers' demographic and trip characteristics in Peninsular Malaysia
description This research highlights the urban-rural bus services gap in the selected settlements in Peninsular Malaysia. Four states are selected as case studies with Johor to represent the southern states, Penang to represent the northern states and for east-coast states, Pahang is selected. Meanwhile Perak is to represent a still developing state, which is yet to reach the advanced level of large conurbations. The main objectives are to evaluate the urban and rural bus service quality through passenger satisfaction survey. A total of 1130 survey questionnaire forms is distributed and collected. The results confirmed that there are gaps in urban and rural bus services based on the level of satisfaction among the passengers from different localities.
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author Ponrohono, Zakiah
Bachok, Syahriah
Ibrahim, Mansor
Mohamed Osman, Mariana
author_facet Ponrohono, Zakiah
Bachok, Syahriah
Ibrahim, Mansor
Mohamed Osman, Mariana
author_sort Ponrohono, Zakiah
title A study on urban-rural public bus passengers' demographic and trip characteristics in Peninsular Malaysia
title_short A study on urban-rural public bus passengers' demographic and trip characteristics in Peninsular Malaysia
title_full A study on urban-rural public bus passengers' demographic and trip characteristics in Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr A study on urban-rural public bus passengers' demographic and trip characteristics in Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed A study on urban-rural public bus passengers' demographic and trip characteristics in Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort study on urban-rural public bus passengers' demographic and trip characteristics in peninsular malaysia
publisher Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/50313/
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