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“Transportation for A Better Life:
Smart Mobility for Now and Then”

23 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

Table 2. Transport Mode Attribute 4.1 Mode Ratings with respect to Individual
Descriptions Monthly Income
Attribute Description
Comfort With air-conditioning,
has assured seats, not Tricycle Rating vs. Individual Income
cramp, etc. 5
Travel Time Reliability Less waiting time, highly 4.5
reliable 4
Cleanliness Clean vehicles, terminals 3.5
or stations 3 Comfort
Safety & Security Well-lighted, with Average Rating 2.5 Travel Time
CCTV, etc. 1.5 2
Connectivity Less walk to stops, 1 Cleanliness
connected to other routes, 0.5 Safety
etc. 0 Connectivity
3000 4500 8000
Moreover, the individual monthly incomes of the 12500 17500 25000 35000 50000
respondents were asked from them in terms of Individual Income (Php)
income ranges. Therefore, the averages of these
ranges were computed and were used in the analysis Fig. 6. Tricycle Rating vs. Individual Income
in order to simplify the discussion for the
relationship of the ratings for transport modes and As can be seen in fig. 6, all the respondents,
the individual monthly income. especially people who earn PHP 35,000.00 monthly
income, seemed to agree that tricycles are generally
4. Results comfortable, safe, clean, and efficient to use as a
mode of transportation. However, some
It is important in transport planning to observations and inferences were made based on fig.
consider all factors in analyzing the most efficient 3. For instance, people who earn PHP 50,000.00
system that will benefit a certain area. As such, this monthly income have the lowest rating of
study focused on analyzing the perception of local satisfaction in terms of the comfortability of riding a
commuters on the available transport modes in the tricycle. It might be because the people who earn
province with respect to some socio-economic PHP 50,000.00 monthly income do not ride tricycle
factors, as previously mentioned in section 3.2. as frequently as they ride other modes of
There were initially six (6) transport mode attributes, transportation such as private cars. They might be
however, the 6 attribute, which was amenity, was comparing the comfortability of riding a private car
th
not considered by the participants as their waiting to riding a tricycle; hence, the possible relatively
terminals don’t usually have amenities. As such, dissatisfaction. Moreover, people who earn PHP
amenity was not included in the analysis. 8000.00 have the lowest rating of satisfaction
towards the safety and connectivity of tricycle as a
mode of transportation. It can be inferred that these
people have experienced unfortunate events which
affected their safety while riding a tricycle.

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