Open AccessPublic Transport in Karachi: A Study of Relationship between Consumer Perception and Use of Private Vehicles
Author(s) -
Muhammad Zainal Ibad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cenraps journal of social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2687-2226
DOI - 10.46291/ijospervol7iss1pp36-55
Subject(s) - public transport , private transport , business , preference , population , traffic congestion , quality (philosophy) , perception , order (exchange) , revealed preference , consistency (knowledge bases) , advertising , marketing , travel time , transport engineering , geography , public economics , environmental health , psychology , economics , engineering , medicine , statistics , finance , computer science , mathematics , neoclassical economics , philosophy , epistemology , neuroscience , artificial intelligence
The significance of public transport is undeniable which has further increased with the increase in population. With a population of 14.91 million people, public transport available in Karachi is both inadequate and inefficient. The growing number of private cars on road has added to traffic, pollution, and congestion. In order to determine the impact of dissatisfaction towards the quality of public transport on preference towards private vehicles, a survey was distributed among 76 respondents. Evaluation of results partially proved the hypothesis and showed that dissatisfaction towards consistency of transit time, comfortability, and quality are the key determinants of use of private vehicles while dissatisfaction towards fare charges and walking distance to stop was found to have no influence on this preference.