Preferences and behaviour of drivers parking cars in city centre at the example of Gdynia Śródmieście district

The article aims at presenting research results concerning preferences and behaviour of people parking their private cars. The research was conducted to learn the behaviour of drivers parking their cars and determine their willingness to change the behaviour under selected factors. The source of primary data used in this article includes own research conducted under individual interview method. The secondary source of data includes academic literature (monographs, academic articles), conference presentations and Internet sources. The article presents the concept and scope of travel behaviour and preferences of drivers parking their cars in the city centre, the concept and scope of parking policy, and characteristics of drivers parking cars in the city centre.

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The City Centre Fifty Years On: Functional Regions in London Redefined from Taxi Flows

10.31235/osf.io/jqtwg ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Jonathan Reades

Keyword(s):

Spatial Structure ◽

Travel Behaviour ◽

City Centre ◽

Data Sets ◽

Taxi Drivers ◽

Functional Regions ◽

Analysis Technique ◽

The 1960S ◽

The City ◽

Gain Access

[Note to SocArXiv: this article was reviewed twice by Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers and ultimately rejected by the editors since 1 of the 4 reviewers felt that it didn’t merit acceptance. So, technically, this is not a pre-print as we’re currently considering where to send it for a second go. We *could* put it on an institutional archive but felt that contributing to the growth of SocArXiV (many of us have made use of ArXiv) was a worthwhile cause.]In 1970 John Goddard published an analysis of taxi journeys in central London which had been collected from a 10% sample of journey logs completed by black cab taxi drivers for one week as part of the 1962 London Traffic Survey. Goddard used the pattern of taxi flows between origins and destinations to extract functional regions from London’s city centre, providing a sense of how the centre was differentiated with respect to its spatial structure. In 2011, we were able to gain access to 3 full months’ worth of taxi journeys captured by GPS across a much wider area. We speculated that these two data sets could be compared, providing a unique opportunity to see how Goddard’s analysis had withstood the test of time.We come to four conclusions: first, that the complexity of the centre has increased significantly since 1962, although its generic spatial structure still exists; second, that Principal Components Analysis (PCA) is a robust method for identifying spatial structure and is perhaps more important as a spatial analysis technique now than it was in the 1960s; third, that spatial structure can be articulated as overlapping regions, something that was only implicit in Goddard’s work but which has become much more significant since; and fourth, that despite large differences between the two flow data sets, it is changes in travel behaviour that account for much of the increasing diversity and poly-nucleation of the centre of London over the last 50 years.

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Factors influencing walking trips. Evidence from Gdynia, Poland

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0254949 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (8) ◽

pp. e0254949

Author(s):

Marcin Wolek ◽

Michal Suchanek ◽

Tomasz Czuba

Keyword(s):

Land Use Planning ◽

Central Area ◽

Political Support ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Primary Data ◽

City Centre ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Logistic Regression Models ◽

Local Use ◽

The City

Political support for active mobility is growing for many reasons, including land use planning, health, and improved mobility. As the vital part of many cities is their central area, decision-makers need to know what factors are essential for increasing walkability. This paper aims to identify the main factors affecting the walkability of the city centre of Gdynia (Poland). To achieve this, the research design was adjusted to the specificity of the local use case. Based on primary data collected via personal interviews, factor analysis was applied to rule out potential collinearity and reduce dimensions. Logistic regression models were then constructed. The results were compared with the research carried out in other cities. The results show that only two of the analysed factors are significant, namely accessibility and safety. Both are extensive categories and include many subcomponents that are influential among different groups of citizens. Our research also confirms that walkability is a city-specific issue that is influenced by many local factors.

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Broken Out and Bust: Ayub Khan Clothing Ltd

Asian Journal of Management Cases ◽

10.1177/0972820112471254 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 7-14

Author(s):

Naveed Yasin

Keyword(s):

Growth Strategy ◽

Ethnic Enclave ◽

City Centre ◽

Ethnic Entrepreneurship ◽

Academic Literature ◽

Ethnic Populations ◽

Business Support ◽

Successful Business ◽

Ethnic Businesses ◽

The City

This case focuses on the strategic concepts of motivation, resources and the notion of ‘breakout’ which is a common strategic growth strategy associated with ethnic entrepreneurship. The breakout strategy encourages small ethnic businesses, which typically operate in ethnic enclaves serving their co-ethnic populations, to modify their strategy and alternatively target the indigenous population. In doing so, this case relates to the owner of Ayub Khan Clothing Limited being advised by a business support agency to relocate his business from an ethnic enclave of Manchester to the city centre of Manchester to target a wider range of native customers. Although academic literature encourages ethnic businesses to breakout into the mainstream market, little work has been done in considering the implications on practice for ethnic-owned businesses. Such a risky growth strategy could also lead to failure for owners of ethnic businesses. This case also highlights whether local business support agents and agencies should consider ethnic businesses to be identical to mainstream (native) businesses. Some may argue that these difficulties contributed towards the bankruptcy of Ayub Khan Clothing Limited which once was a successful business operating in a vibrant ethnic enclave of Manchester.

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Implementasi Kebijakan Hygiene Sanitasi Pengelolaan Makanan dan Minuman pada Fasilitas Umum di Kota Palangka Raya

Pencerah Publik ◽

10.33084/pencerah.v4i2.823 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 13-18

Author(s):

Muhaimin Noor ◽

Dwi Rochani Fatmiasih

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Primary Data ◽

Secondary Source ◽

Public Places ◽

City Community ◽

Source Data ◽

Data Source ◽

The City

This study aims to provide an image of how to implement Regional Regulation No. 06 of 2008 concerning Hygiene Sanitation for the Management of Food, Beverages and Public Places in the City of Palangka Raya. The type of research used is qualitative research methods. The data source in this study consisted of primary and secondary data. The primary data source is Palangka Raya City Health Office and Palangka Raya City Health Center, TPM and TTU Owner or Person in Charge and Palangka Raya City Community while the secondary source data is Regional Regulation Number 06 the Year 2008. Techniques for collecting data through Observation, Interview and Documentation. Data analysis uses qualitative data analysis procedures, namely data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. Based on the results of the study, it can be explained that the Implementation of Regional Regulations on Hygiene Sanitation in the Management of Food, Beverages and Public Places in Palangka Raya City, in general, has not been realized properly, this is because (1) The management has not followed the existing regulations (2) and the input has been done but does not give awareness to the manager to comply with it. (3) The IS (Sanitation Inspection) Program has not been optimally carried out.

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Investigating Commuting Time Patterns of Residents Living in Affordable Housing: A Case Study in Nanjing, China

PROMET - Traffic&Transportation ◽

10.7307/ptt.v31i4.3012 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 423-433

Author(s):

Jingxian Wu ◽

Min Yang ◽

Soora Rasouli ◽

Long Cheng

Keyword(s):

Affordable Housing ◽

Low Income ◽

Travel Behaviour ◽

City Centre ◽

Decision Tree Classifier ◽

Housing Projects ◽

Time Patterns ◽

Tree Classifier ◽

Commuting Time ◽

The City

The phenomenon of affordable housing emerges in Chinese cities to meet low-income residents’ living needs in the city. Because affordable housing projects tend to be located far away from the city centre, their residents tend to face long commuting times to go to work. Although several studies have analysed commuting travel times, none have considered the commuting pattern of residents living in these affordable housing projects. This study employs a decision tree classifier to examine the commuting time patterns of affordable housing residents, fusing the data from the 2010 Nanjing Household Travel Survey and supplementary data collected through Google maps. Results show that attributes of the built environment and distance to work are the factors mostly influencing commuting time patterns of affordable housing residents in Nanjing. The availability of a subway service, job type, household car ownership, job location, travel mode choice, and departure time have logical but varying effects on commuting trip duration. These results provide a better understanding of these residents’ commuting patterns and provide urban planners insights about the effects of their affordable housing policies on travel behaviour.

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ANALISIS KELAYAKAN FINANSIAL PENGOPERASIAN ANGKUTAN ANTAR JEMPUT SISWA SEKOLAH PADA KORIDOR JALAN GUNUNG AGUNG DENPASAR

Jurnal Spektran ◽

10.24843/spektran.2013.v01.i01.p02 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

D. A. Nyoman Sriastuti ◽

I G. Putu Suparsa ◽

D. M. Priyantha Wedagama

Keyword(s):

Service Providers ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Population Increase ◽

Primary Data ◽

Survey Method ◽

Financial Investment ◽

Interview Method ◽

Future Value ◽

Benefit Cost ◽

The City

The population increase in Denpasar City causes the increase of peoples’ activities which is followed by the increase of using transportation facilities. It certainly influences the traffic in the city itself. One of the peoples’ activities causing traffic jams on the streets of Denpasar particularly on Gunung Agung Street is the students’ pick-up service. The jam is mainly caused by the use of private vehicles especially motorcycles for picking-up the students. The problem can be overcome with pick up service so that the use of private vehicles can be minimized. Some advantages can be gained from the pick-up service; it can be done door to door in accordance with the students’ schedules and it can help the parents who are in troubles in bringing and picking-up their children to schools. A planning and an evaluation on aspects of financial investment feasibility towards the students’ pick-up service are needed in order to match both the interests of service providers and the customers. This research used field survey method completed with interview method. The interview method was applied to gain primary data from related parties and from related institutions for the secondary data. Tariff calculation analysis based on the vehicle operational cost (VOC) used a method of Transportation Department, and the Ability to Pay (ATP) tariff and Willing to Pay (WTF) tariff were determined based on respondents’ income and their perceptions toward a tariff they expected. The result of the research shows that the ATP tariff for both routes is higher than WTF tariff; on route I the ATP is Rp. 569,76 per kilometer- passenger (Rp. 4,273 per passenger) and the WTP tariff is Rp. 499,67 per kilometer-passenger (Rp. 3,748 per passenger), on route II the ATP tariff is Rp. 594,46 per kilometer-passenger (Rp. 3,864 per passenger) and the WTP tarrif is Rp. 554,56 per kilometer-passenger (Rp. 3,605 per passenger). Based on the estimation of the passengers, there are 97 vehicles estimated for route I and 38 for route II. Based on the tariff analysis, it can be recommended that tariff based on VOC + 15% margins is Rp. 797,47 per kilometer-passenger (Rp. 5,981 per passenger) for route I and Rp. 1,645,08 per kilometer-passanger (Rp. 10,693 per passenger) for route II. The financial evaluation analysis shows that the three criteria such as Net Future Value, Benefit Cost ration, and Internal Rate of Return for route I and route II are not feasible to be operated if they are operated both by personal and corporation agents.

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TRANSPORTATION SUSTAINABILITY INDEX FOR TABUK CITY IN SAUDI ARABIA: AN ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS

Transport ◽

10.3846/16484142.2015.1058857 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 47-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Attiyah M. Al-Atawi ◽

Ravindra Kumar ◽

Wafaa Saleh

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Environmental Pollution ◽

Travel Behaviour ◽

Heterogeneous Data ◽

City Centre ◽

Analytic Hierarchy ◽

Clean Environment ◽

Implementation Stages ◽

Hierarchy Process ◽

The City

A sustainable transport strategies for Tabuk City in the Saudi Arabia has been developed using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) using travel data collected from Tabuk City. A number of transport policies and strategies have been tested for inclusion in the developed system. The top five strategies which were ranked highest amongst these by the respondents are policies that are targeting: clean environment, altering travel behaviour, shifting to more sustainable modes of transport, charging motorists for entering the city centre and charging motorists to enter the city if the revenue raised was spent on tackling environmental pollution caused by transport. The population have been classified according to gender, age, income and family structure groups. The strategy of promoting clean environment policies were high priority while for example, charging motorists to enter the city if the revenue raised was spent on tackling environmental pollution policies were not popular for any group. Priority ranking of transport sustainability at pre- and post-implementation stages of the transportation measure are important to provide recommendations for implementation. The strength of this approach is mainly in its ability to perform decision making under limited, heterogeneous data coming from multiple stakeholders which is presented in terms of different types of user group in our case study. This research can be further enhanced by testing further population groups and increasing the sample size.

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Characterisation of elderly daily travel behaviour in Tianjin using a space–time cube

Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science ◽

10.1177/23998083211019756 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 239980832110197

Author(s):

Zhang Sen ◽

Zhang Ke ◽

Liu Xiaoyang ◽

Zeng Jian ◽

Liu Yan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Age Groups ◽

Urban Infrastructure ◽

Travel Behaviour ◽

The Elderly ◽

Space Time ◽

City Centre ◽

Eating Out ◽

Main Activity ◽

The City ◽

Daily Travel

The elderly may have unique, daily travel behaviour characteristics compared to other age groups, associated with age and physical ability. Defining these characteristics can inform urban infrastructure construction and planning. In this study, 20 elders aged between 60 and 70 years, living in the city centre of Tianjin, were selected to complete the survey. A total of 2232 hours of participant travel behaviour were collected via GPS equipment from July to August 2019. Data were used to create a space–time cube. Based on a statistical analysis of the GPS data, results indicated that the elderly mainly had six kinds of daily travel behaviours: visiting, shopping, outdoor exercise, eating out, going to the hospital and picking up and dropping off grandchildren. The main activity time was from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Their travel mode was mostly pedestrian-based, with an average single travel distance of about 1.01 km, and an average single travel time of about 0.5 hours. Using the space–time cube, characteristics of elderly daily travel behaviour were visualised. In addition, a typical space–time cube was summarised and presented. Data and methods from this study can provide reference and support for future-related research.

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Pengaruh Tingkat Literasi Keuangan Syariah dan Kepercayaan Masyarakat terhadap Minat Menabung di Bank Syariah

Jurnal MAPS (Manajemen dan Perbankan Syariah) ◽

10.32483/maps.v3i2.36 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 140-153

Author(s):

Resti Fadhilah Nurrohmah ◽

Radia Purbayati

Keyword(s):

Financial Literacy ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Public Trust ◽

Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Primary Data ◽

Public Confidence ◽

Islamic Banks ◽

Variable Level ◽

Analysis Technique ◽

The City

The purpose of this study was to study the level of Islamic financial literacy and public confidence in the interest in saving in Islamic banks. The variables in this study are the level of Islamic financial literacy (X1), public trust (X2), and interest in saving (Y).The method of this study is descriptive quantitative approach. The data source of this study are primary data obtained by distributing questionnaires. Respondents taken are residents in the city of Bandung, with samples domiciled in the city of Bandung and at least 17 years old. The data analysis technique uses multiple linear regression analysis. The results showed that the variable level of islamic financial literacy and public trust has positive effect in the interest in saving in Islamic banks. The findings in this study provide a reference to Islamic banks, the level of literacy and public trust regarding interest in saving, therefore Islamic banks must socialize to the public.

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Turkish Muslims in a German city: Entrepreneurial and residential self-determination

MIGRATION LETTERS ◽

10.33182/ml.v12i1.252 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Sarah Hackett

Keyword(s):

Residential Patterns ◽

Academic Literature ◽

Self Employment ◽

German City ◽

Post War ◽

Oral History Interviews ◽

The City ◽

Insight Into ◽

Term Objective

Drawing upon a collection of oral history interviews, this paper offers an insight into entrepreneurial and residential patterns and behaviour amongst Turkish Muslims in the German city of Bremen. The academic literature has traditionally argued that Turkish migrants in Germany have been pushed into self-employment, low-quality housing and segregated neighbourhoods as a result of discrimination, and poor employment and housing opportunities. Yet the interviews reveal the extent to which Bremen’s Turkish Muslims’ performances and experiences have overwhelmingly been the consequences of personal choices and ambitions. For many of the city’s Turkish Muslim entrepreneurs, self-employment had been a long-term objective, and they have succeeded in establishing and running their businesses in the manner they choose with regards to location and clientele, for example. Similarly, interviewees stressed the way in which they were able to shape their housing experiences by opting which districts of the city to live in and by purchasing property. On the whole, they perceive their entrepreneurial and residential practices as both consequences and mediums of success, integration and a loyalty to the city of Bremen. The findings are contextualised within the wider debate regarding the long-term legacy of Germany’s post-war guest-worker system and its position as a “country of immigration”.

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