Journey to work: modal split in the city of Gweru, Zimbabwe
The thrust of urban planners today is to develop methods of travel for adaptation to their environments.This is meant to match the high population growth rates in developing countries. Transportation congestion is a problem faced many cities today. Routes and facilities tend to be overloaded, trips...
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| description | The thrust of urban planners today is to develop methods of travel for adaptation to their environments.This is meant to match the high population growth rates in developing countries. Transportation congestion is a problem faced many cities today. Routes and facilities tend to be overloaded, trips tend to be long and services provided for public transport become inconsistent and inconvenient. This study examines the factors that influence modes of travel used by the commuters in Gweru as a first step towards isolating the causes of transport problems. This way the needs of different socioeconomic groups can be understood. An attempt is also made in this study to use simple travel models in determining modal split. These models are adapted in the context of the study area. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-7352022-06-27T13:49:06Z Journey to work: modal split in the city of Gweru, Zimbabwe Jerie, Steven Population growth Developing countires The thrust of urban planners today is to develop methods of travel for adaptation to their environments.This is meant to match the high population growth rates in developing countries. Transportation congestion is a problem faced many cities today. Routes and facilities tend to be overloaded, trips tend to be long and services provided for public transport become inconsistent and inconvenient. This study examines the factors that influence modes of travel used by the commuters in Gweru as a first step towards isolating the causes of transport problems. This way the needs of different socioeconomic groups can be understood. An attempt is also made in this study to use simple travel models in determining modal split. These models are adapted in the context of the study area. 2015-12-04T07:45:42Z 2015-12-04T07:45:42Z 2006 Article 1815-9036 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/735 en The Dyke;Vol.2, No. 1; p.84-94 open Midlands State University |
| spellingShingle | Population growth Developing countires Jerie, Steven Journey to work: modal split in the city of Gweru, Zimbabwe |
| title | Journey to work: modal split in the city of Gweru, Zimbabwe |
| title_full | Journey to work: modal split in the city of Gweru, Zimbabwe |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Journey to work: modal split in the city of Gweru, Zimbabwe |
| title_short | Journey to work: modal split in the city of Gweru, Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | journey to work: modal split in the city of gweru, zimbabwe |
| topic | Population growth Developing countires |
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