Based on the political component, it shows that the Singapore government's preliminary in encouraging and pursuing public to take public transport in order to reduce the traffic jamming, injuries and respiratory troubles. In addition, due to the economy expanding in Singapore has attracted more workforces as many foreigner flock to Singapore to work. Thus, the need of public transport will increase because it is the most practical and affordable mode of transport. Moreover, increase in population
2010-2011 (The Finnish Transport Agency 2012). According to passenger transportation years 2010-2011 Finnish people do over 5 billion domestic travels in a year. In addition the necessity of great distance transportation is big. The demand of freight transportation will especially affect economic development and structure of industries. It can also affect traffics energy- and environmental issues, the demand of transportation service, the change of population and consumption demands, technology development
sustainable transport, we mean the mode of transportation that reduces the emission into the atmosphere and also minimizes the utilization of non-renewable energy resources. The green vehicles can help in improving the air quality thereby reducing the air pollution and improving the human health. Utilization of alternative fuels and hybrid/electric vehicles for transportation can further propel economic growth and reduce energy dependency of a country. Though the importance of green vehicles has been realized
The popularity of public transportation has spread to multiple areas in cities, producing a higher level of availability for jobs. According to Chatman and Noland,“Public transport investments may increase workers’ access to employment clusters, resulting in higher productivity from better job matching and quicker filling of vacancies”( 736). With a wider range of public transportation methods, people have a convenient way to commute to jobs that are further away or that have complicated access issues
2.3.1 Safety In Indonesia transportation sector, safety concerns still be the biggest problem that often arises and unresolved. Not only the government continues to actively clear up the problem of crime in big cities in Indonesia, the residents also intervened to be more aware in choosing and using public transport. Customers of taxi service will expect a higher security than the bus or ojek (bike). Many taxi service customers uncertain about safety guarantees provided by taxi-based apps. In addition
How to make the public transportation system economically more attractive to car users Carolina SILVA COSTA, Introduction to transportation research, Universiteit Hasselt Introduction The main area of this research is the public transportation system. It is possible to evaluate many characteristics of this area, however the issue discussed here is how to make the public transportation system economically more attractive to car users. Nowadays, it is possible to evaluate the need to reduce the
burden levied on each individual consumer is rather small. Therefore, individual consumers tend to lack the motivation of raising their voice against such measures (McConnell, Brue and Flynn). Given the decline in natural trade barriers imposed by transportation costs- coupled with transformations in industrial technology creating significant competitive threats to costly producers-, the interest in artificial trade
are cable of finding new ways to improve our nation with more productive and cost friendly ideas. Our countries history in transportation has expanded over the years. In 1800 the nation was just a country of 16 states, and
Construction has made a vital contribution to the competitiveness and prosperity of the economy. However, the importance of construction industry to Hong Kong has been unjustifiably neglected by the government. The Hong Kong Government has not recognized construction industry as a pillar industry. In our opinion, construction industry has a potential for further development.Its importance will be illustrated from economic contribution and social contribution two perspectives in depth. In the economic
Transportation is the motion of humans, animals and items from one region to any other. Transport Industry in India is an essential contributor to the Economic Development. The history of transportation starts offevolved with Walking, observed through Palanquin, Bullock Cart, Horse Carriage, Bicycle, Hand-Pulled Rickshaw, Cycle Rickshaw, accompanied through Water Ways, Road Ways, Rail Ways and Air Ways. The new improvements in transportation had been applied to lessen journey time. The trendy innovations