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

23 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

probably is that private cars are much easier to On the other hand, the effect of educational
maintain as there are no continuous passengers as attainment of the respondents with regards to their
compared to other modes. rating for jeepneys considering the said attributes is
exhibited in fig. 15. It is evident that respondents
4.3 Mode Ratings with respect to Highest having higher educational attainment
Educational Attainment (college/masters) consider their experience in riding
jeepneys to be somewhat "average". Meanwhile,
Tricycle Rating vs. Highest Educational those with lower educational attainment consider it
Attainment below average, with connectivity as the attribute
5 4 rated the lowest.
Average Rating 3 2 Comfort "Habal-Habal" Rating vs. Highest

Educational Attainment
Travel Time

0 1 Cleanliness 5
4
Safety
Connectivity Average Rating 3 Comfort
2
Travel Time
Highest Educational Attainment 1 Cleanliness
0 Safety
Fig. 14. Tricycle Rating vs. Highest Educational
Attainment Connectivity

For the discussions with respect to Highest Educational Attainment
educational attainments, it is assumed that the
participants with educational attainments such as Fig. 16. Habal-Habal Rating vs. Highest
college level and higher have professional work or Educational Attainment
jobs with higher income. Similar with the previous
variables for the mode tricycle, comfort is again Majority of the respondents, regardless of
rated highly, especially from those with college educational attainment, consider habal-habal as
degrees. Aside from comfort, the other attributes are below average in terms of all the corresponding
also highly rated for those with college degrees. One attributes which is similar to the previous factors,
possible reason is that these commuters have been with safety and connectivity rated the lowest for
using this mode during their college years because each category. This is probably because habal-habal,
some universities are from their homes. although very agile and flexible in terms of transport,
can be very unsafe and uncomfortable. Because of
Jeepney Rating vs. Highest Educational this, “habal-habal” is not recommended as a mode of
Attainment transportation in a daily basis. Hence, the local

5 4 government unit should either improve the “habal-
habal” in terms of comfortability, cleanliness, safety,
Average Rating 3 2 Comfort connectivity, and travel time or improve other mode
of transportation so that people would not rely on
riding “habal-habal” anymore.
Travel Time

0 1 Cleanliness
Safety
Connectivity

Highest Educational Attainment

Fig. 15. Jeepney Rating vs. Highest Educational
Attainment

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