scholarly journals Overweight and Obesity among Workers of the Public Transportation Service of Lima

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-159
Author(s):  
Lizandra Quichua ◽  
Diana C. Trejo ◽  
Marlene R. Basilio ◽  
Juan Morales
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Excess Weight ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport Service

Background: Excess weight is a public health problem and has a negative impact on health. Objective: To determine the frequency of excess weight and its associated factors among workers of the public transport service in Lima. Methods: This was an observational, cross-sectional, and descriptive study. Workers of public transport service companies were considered as the study population. The study variable was excess body weight, which included overweight and obesity. For its determination, the Body-Mass Index (BMI) was used. Results: A total of 238 workers of both sexes participated in the study. The median age was 39 years (interquartile range: 47-32). Of the sample, 93.7% (n=223) were male, 63.4% (n=151) were between 30 and 49 years of age, 67.6% (n=161) worked in the driver's position, and the rest worked as ticket collectors. According to BMI, 81.1% (n=193) had excess weight, of which 44.1% (n=105) corresponded to the overweight and 37% (n=88) to the obesity category. Only 18.9% (n=45) of the sample were in the normal range. Excess weight occurred in a higher proportion among workers belonging to the age group of 30 to 49 years (p=0.002), in cohabiting and or married people (p=0.006), and in bus drivers (p=0.003). Conclusion: The workers of the public transport service in Lima have a very high prevalence of excess weight. It is higher than the national average. The factors associated with excess weight were the following: age group between 30 and 49 years, marital status, and working as a driver. It requires a sanitary intervention in the family and the workplace.

scholarly journals Perceptions of the Public Transport Service as a Barrier to the Adoption of Public Transport: A Qualitative Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Ramos ◽  
Paula Vicente ◽  
Ana M. Passos ◽  
Patrícia Costa ◽  
Elizabeth Reis
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ethnographic Interviews ◽  
Public Transport Service

This article presents the outcomes of a qualitative study involving users of public transportation in the metropolitan area of Lisbon in order to obtain a deeper understanding of attitudes towards public transport and to explore perceptions of the public transport service. It is important to know what people think and feel about public transport so that strategies can be designed to attract people to public transport. Ethnographic interviews and focus group discussions were conducted to identify factors that potentially influence people’s perceptions and determine their satisfaction, or dissatisfaction with the public transport service. The key findings suggest that public transport usage would increase if the level of service was brought in line with users’ expectations; more specifically, there should be a better connection between inter-modal options, more compliance with timetables, and a more appropriate response to users’ needs.

scholarly journals A Grid-Based Spatial Analysis for Detecting Supply–Demand Gaps of Public Transports: A Case Study of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Apantri Peungnumsai ◽  
Hiroyuki Miyazaki ◽  
Apichon Witayangkurn ◽  
Sohee Minsun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Lorenz Curves ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport Service

Public transport service has been promoted to reduce the problems of traffic congestion and environmental impacts due to car dependency. Several public transportation modes are available in Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) such as buses, heavy rails, vans, boats, taxis, and trains while in some areas have fewer modes of public transport available. The disparity of public transport service negatively impacts social equity. This study aims to identify the gaps between public transport supply and demand and to demonstrate introduced indicators to assess the public transport performance incorporating transport capacity and equilibrium access aspects. Supply index was used to evaluate the level of service, and the demand index was applied to estimate travel needs. Furthermore, the Lorenz curves and the Gini coefficients were used to measure the equity of public transport. The results highlight that more than half of the BMR population is living in low-supply high-demand areas for public transportation. Moreover, the equitable access analysis has identified that the high-income population has better access to public transport than the low-income population. The results suggest that public transport gaps and equity indicate the inclusiveness of public transportation, as well as to the areas where to improve the public transport service. Thus, the methodology used in this study can be applied to another city or region similar to BMR.

Descriptive Evaluation in the Public Transport Service—A Study About of the Satisfaction of Customers

2019 ◽  
pp. 73-82
Author(s):  
Júlio Cesar Valandro Soares ◽  
Agenor Sousa Santos Neto ◽  
Mayara Alves de Souza ◽  
Vitória Barros Brandão ◽  
Amanda Mendonça de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport Service

scholarly journals A simulation model in evaluating the resilience of urban public transport service during the flood disaster

2018 ◽  
Vol 229 ◽  
pp. 04020
Author(s):  
Yossyafra ◽  
Ingrid Haryana B ◽  
Yessi Ferdina
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Flood Disaster ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
Public Transport Services ◽  
Public Transport Service

Flood disaster in the urban area can have an impact on the transport of people, goods, and animals. It will certainly result in the disruption of public transportation activities because the road and utilities are probably cannot be passed by vehicles. The objective of the research is to contribute to the analytical basis related to urban public transport services resilience evaluation during the flood. The simulation model is based on the assumption that the primary objective of an urban public transport service during a flood disaster is to continue serving passengers on a predefined service corridor. An example of the application and analysis of this simulation model, simulated for three floods condition, i.e. the first is a high flood prediction that may occur in Padang city (based on The Padang City Development Planning document) and two floods that hit in the year 2016 and 2017. These simulations showed that urban public transport service in Padang city is relatively vulnerable to flood disaster. Lesson learned here have implication for urban public transport services. An interesting outcome of this simulation model has obtained the deviation of urban public transport service route during the flood. There are many parameters that affect the resilience of urban public transport services in the face of floods, and these parameters could be a topic for future research

scholarly journals Estimation of Satisfied Customers in Public Transport Systems: A New Methodological Approach

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Morfoulaki ◽  
Yannis Tyrinopoulos ◽  
Georgia Aifadopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Public Transportation Systems ◽  
Public Transport Service

This paper addresses quality considerations in public transportation systems and, in particular, the relation between quality of public transport service and customer satisfaction. Its aim is to provide insights into the factors that affect transit-rider satisfaction and to present a model to calculate the probability of customer satisfaction. The proposed model identifies the most important attributes of public transport service quality that can be used for service planning.

scholarly journals Public Transport Knowledge Management in Local Communities

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2204-2218
Author(s):  
Pratya Nuankaew Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
High Level ◽  
Transport Problems ◽  
Public Transport Service

The purpose of this research is to construct an application prototype from the study of public transport problems in the local communities of Thailand. There are three main goals for research to be successful: (1) To study problems and situations in which communities are affected by public transport. (2) To design and standardize the management of problems and situations in which the community is affected by public transport. (3) To construct a public transport application prototype for local communities of Thailand. Population and sampling were scoped from the public transport service provider in Phayao Province, Thailand. The prototype was constructed with an Android Mobile Application. The results of the study showed that the developed application prototypes showed a high level of satisfaction (total means is equal to 3.95, S.D. is equal to 0.73) with the design and implementation of the prototype. In the future, the researcher will bring the application to the test and deployment.

scholarly journals Index of Satisfaction with Public Transport: A Fuzzy Clustering Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9759
Author(s):  
Paula Vicente ◽  
Abdul Suleman ◽  
Elizabeth Reis
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Clustering ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Regression Tree ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Tree Model ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport Service

Increasing public transport use is recognized by many countries as crucial to the pursuit of a global strategy for environmental sustainability and improving urban mobility. Understanding what users value in a public transport service is essential to carry out this strategy. Using fuzzy clustering, we developed an index that measures individual user satisfaction with the public transport service in the metropolitan area of Lisbon and subsequently identified the possible determinants of satisfaction by means of a regression tree model. The results achieved unveil a hierarchical partition of the data, highlighting the diversified level of satisfaction among public transport users that is reflected in the distribution of the index. The managerial implications of the findings for the public transport service are addressed.

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