COVID-19 Preventive Measures & their Impact on Traffic Demand & Safety

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anas Ahmad Mohammad ◽  
Deepti Muley ◽  
Mohammad Shareef Ghanim ◽  
Mohamed Bin Mokhtar Kharbeche
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Management ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Traffic Demand ◽  
Traffic Violations ◽  
The Government ◽  
Hourly Distribution ◽  
Business District ◽  
The Impact

COVID-19 has affected the mobility of people significantly due to movement restrictions imposed by government authorities to control the spread of the pandemic. The staged movement restrictions that have been implemented by the government authorities to curb the spread of the disease included the closure of educational institutions and adopt online-based education, restrict commercial activities, and reducing the number of employees at the workplace. This paper presents the impact of these mitigation policies on the traffic volumes, the number of traffic violations, and the number of crashes in the State of Qatar. The hourly distribution of traffic volume showed similar trends before and after the implementation of these policies. Overall, the total traffic decreased by 30% compared to baseline conditions for all selected intersections as well as the Central Business District (CBD) screenline after the implementation of all measures. From the safety perspective, the total traffic violations decreased by 73% in April and May when the restrictions due to all three policies were imposed. During the same time, a decrease of 42% to 54%, 20% to 54%, and around 36% was observed for traffic crashes involving deaths, major loss, and minor damages respectively. Similarly, the total traffic crashes declined by 37% when complete restrictions were in place and COVID-19 was in peak stage. The results of this study will help policymakers and planners to plan/manage the traffic operations in the future during any emergencies. The results can be applied also while managing traffic during the post-Covid era, special and mega-events for temporary traffic management based on real-life data.

scholarly journals Assessment of the Influence of Lagos Bus Rapid Transit Scheme (BRT-Lite) on Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) on Lagos Mainland-Island Corridor

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adeyinka Peter Ajayi
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Bus Rapid Transit ◽  
Rapid Transit ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Safety Outcomes ◽  
Business District ◽  
The Impact

Background:This paper filled an important gap in the on-going global assessment of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) operations on Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) safety outcomes on corridors plied.Introduction:The work carried out a scientific investigation of the impact of Lagos BRT-Lite(Africa’s first and only BRT scheme) on the achievement of a possible reduction in the incidences of RTC on the 22-kilometer radial highway that connects Mile12 and Lagos Island the traditional central business district.Methodology:Secondary data on the incidences of RTC on the corridor between 2002 and 2013 were obtained from Nigeria Police. One-way Analysis of variance between subjects revealed that the advent of BRT operations on the corridor do not have any significant effect in the reported cases of the three categories of RTC examined. Minor (p=. 783), Serious (p= .887) and Fatal (p= .826).Data Analysis:Descriptive statistics, however, showed that there has been a general reduction in the incidences of all categories of RTC considered in the period after the commencement of BRT on the corridor.Conclusion:The paper concludes by positing that while it might be far-fetched to imply a direct causal relationship between the introduction of BRT and reduction in the cases of RTC on the corridor, it may not be far to suggest that it has definitely impacted safety outcomes as it relates to RTC.

Commute and labour productivity: investigation of inner city construction sites

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 1305-1319
Author(s):  
Daniel Alejandro Chaparro ◽  
Fei J. Ying ◽  
Funmilayo Ebun Rotimi ◽  
Temitope Egbelakin
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Content Type ◽  
City Construction ◽  
Business District ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to identify the impact that commute patterns pose on construction labour productivity (CLP). There is limited research focussed on the impact of workforce transportation on productivity, even fewer in a construction environment. In particular, this study seeks to fill a gap in the understanding of how commute patterns may influence CLP. Design/methodology/approach Key factors reported affecting CLP were identified through a comprehensive literature review. Data were collected from 27 interviews and observational evidence at construction sites on Auckland Central Business District (CBD). Findings Shortage of skills, communication among workers, shirking behaviour, absenteeism and tardiness were perceived as the most critical labour productivity factors that are influenced by commute patterns. It is considered that stressful commutes may lead to shirking behaviours (absenteeism and calling sick). Meanwhile, ridesharing may encourage communication among workers. Research limitations/implications The study was carried out in a central business district, focussing on a geographic area with its particular characteristics. The results, thus, may not be generalised in general urban settings. Originality/value The research outcomes can be used as guidelines for companies considering travel plans for their employees, to minimise the negative impact commuting can have on workers, especially in industries with low productivity.

scholarly journals Implementing the living streets concept by transforming streets in the central business district of Peshawar, Pakistan

Urbani izziv ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (30) ◽  
pp. 75-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam AMAN ◽  
Abdul WAHEED ◽  
Malik Asghar NAEEM ◽  
Syed Akhtar Ali SHAH
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Management ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Planning And Development ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Street Furniture ◽  
Pedestrian Infrastructure ◽  
Business District ◽  
Safe Access

The idea of living streets has recently evolved and is currently being considered in urban planning and development for cities. The main purpose of the living streets concept is to provide safe access for all types of traffic, thus focusing on the overall sustainability of a city. This study investigates the characteristics of urban arteries in Peshawar’s central business district (CBD) from the perspective of the living streets concept to form a basis for policy measures that can be adopted to improve the CBD. The study hypothesizes that the living street infrastructure in the CBD does not accommodate the needs of various users (shoppers, residents, employees and those visiting for recreation). A field survey, including an observational survey and questionnaire, was conducted to identify and analyse basic public infrastructure in the CBD. Issues such as noise, air pollution, litter, a lack of appropriate public transit and pedestrian infrastructure, and poor traffic management were discovered. Strong dissatisfaction was recorded when the respondents were asked about current pedestrian and on-street parking arrangements. The field survey also found that the current pedestrian arrangements were insufficient for pedestrian needs, and the absence of street furniture discouraged community engagement in the study area.

scholarly journals DAMPAK PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT MENJAGA LINGKUNGAN DI PUSAT KOTA GARUT

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-35
Author(s):  
Ikeu Kania
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Plant Cover ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Essential Point ◽  
Qualitative Technique ◽  
The Government ◽  
Business District

However, the IKLH's most dominant environmental concerns are to water quality degradation and plant cover. This research is centered on the environmental difficulties in Garut Regency, namely in Garut Kota's core, not only the rubbish that was spread after CFD activities ceased. For environmental issues to be handled, the government needs the public's help. In this study, Huraerah's notion of community involvement is applied. Description and qualitative technique are utilized in the study. As a consequence of this study, community engagement in Garut Kota's central business district is still very much needed but the most essential point is that community engagement in environmental protection is not only about how many people participate, but about protecting the environment itself.

scholarly journals Rebuilding Sustainable Commuting in Christchurch? A mixed-methods study of the effects of workplace relocation on transport choice and emissions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Kate Whitwell
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Sustainable Transport ◽  
Significant Drop ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Mode Shift ◽  
Commute Time ◽  
Reduce Emissions ◽  
Business District ◽  
The Impact

<p>Tackling the challenge of climate change will require rapid emissions reductions across all sectors, including transport. This study adds to the literature by investigating factors that may encourage sustainable transport choices at a time of change and therefore reduce emissions. A mix of quantitative and qualitative methods was used to explore the impact of a relocation of employees from several dispersed work locations back to one office building in the central business district on transport choices and carbon emissions in Christchurch, New Zealand.  This case study found that such a recentralisation of employment can result in employees making more sustainable transport choices and can contribute to decreases in transport emissions from commuting, even in a highly car-dependent city. The relocation led to a 12 percent rise in the proportion of employees commuting actively or by public transport and resulted in a significant drop in commuting emissions (16 percent). The primary contributing factor was the change in location of the office itself, reducing the average commuting distance and increasing accessibility to public transport and active travel. A further contributing factor was the perceived reduction in parking availability at the new location. Further results support the existing literature on barriers to sustainable transport, identifying any factor that impacts on the feasibility of the journey by alternative modes, such as commute time or safety, as a significant barrier to uptake. Overall findings suggest that relocating offices provides a good opportunity to encourage employees to consider changing to a more sustainable commute mode, and that significant numbers may make such a shift if commute time or distance are reduced. Realising substantial mode shift however will depend on cities providing feasible and efficient sustainable alternatives to driving a car to work.</p>

scholarly journals Exploring the Spatial-Temporal Relationship between Rainfall and Traffic Flow: A Case Study of Brisbane, Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanmin Qi ◽  
Zuduo Zheng ◽  
Dongyao Jia
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Traffic Flow ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Inclement Weather ◽  
Real Time Traffic ◽  
Policy Analysts ◽  
Business District ◽  
The Impact

The impact of inclement weather on traffic flow has been extensively studied in the literature. However, little research has unveiled how local weather conditions affect real-time traffic flows both spatially and temporally. By analysing the real-time traffic flow data of Traffic Signal Controllers (TSCs) and weather information in Brisbane, Australia, this paper aims to explore weather’s impact on traffic flow, more specifically, rainfall’s impact on traffic flow. A suite of analytic methods has been applied, including the space-time cube, time-series clustering, and regression models at three different levels (i.e., comprehensive, location-specific, and aggregate). Our results reveal that rainfall would induce a change of the traffic flow temporally (on weekdays, Saturday, and Sunday and at various periods on each day) and spatially (in the transportation network). Particularly, our results consistently show that the traffic flow would increase on wet days, especially on weekdays, and that the urban inner space, such as the central business district (CBD), is more likely to be impacted by inclement weather compared with other suburbs. Such results could be used by traffic operators to better manage traffic in response to rainfall. The findings could also help transport planners and policy analysts to identify the key transport corridors that are most susceptible to traffic shifts in different weather conditions and establish more weather-resilient transport infrastructures accordingly.

Analysis of Factors Influencing the Determination of Land Compensation Value of PLN Tower on the Construction of TL 150 KV Kuala-Binjai

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 184-188
Author(s):  
Sahril A ◽  
Nazaruddin Matondang ◽  
Sugiharto Pujangkoro
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Legal Aspect ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Road ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
The Government ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Business District ◽  
Transportation Route

The purpose of the study is to find out and analyze how much influence the distance of tower land the central business district (CBD), distance of tower land to the government office, legal aspect of tower land, distance of the tower land to the public transportation route, and road class classification on land compensation value of PLN Tower on the construction of TL 150 KV Kuala-Binjai. This research is a quantitative descriptive research. The location of the research object is in Langkat Regency and Binjai City, North Sumatra Province, totaling 40 objects of land compensation value. All populations are as samples. The analytical method used is multiple linear regression. The results showed that the distance of the tower land to the central business district (CBD) has a significant effect on land compensation value. The distance of the tower land to the government office has a significant effect on land compensation value. The legal aspect of tower land has a significant effect on land compensation value. The distance of the tower land to the public transportation route has no significant effect on land compensation value. The road class classification has no significant effect on land compensation value. Keywords: Central Business District, Government Office, Legal Aspect, Public Transportation, Road Class Classification, Land Compensation Value.

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF THE ACCESSIBILITY OF KENYA E-GOVERNMENT WEBSITES IN THE NAIROBI CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Henry Wanyonyi Kituyi ◽  
J. Waweru
Keyword(s):  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
P Value ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Ict Literacy ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Government Websites ◽  
The Government ◽  
Business District

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accessibility of Kenya E-Government Websites in the Nairobi Central Business District.Methodology: This study adopted a descriptive survey design. The targeted population of this study was all cyber cafés management/owners and their users. This study used stratified random sampling. A sample size of 384 respondents was used. The questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. Questionnaires were issued to the respondents through self-introduction. Frequencies, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used. Microsoft excel were also used to complement SPSS.Results: This further means that ICT literacy influenced Government websites accessibility as supported by a p value of 0.000. Results also revealed that ICT delivery channel influenced Government websites accessibility as supported by a p value of 0.000. Further, results revealed that disability was statistically significant in explaining or predicting the accessibility of e-government websites as evidenced by p value of 0.000.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommends that Government website should accommodate facilities for persons with disabilities. It is therefore recommended that Government policy makers should review existing knowledge disseminations regulations within Government with the aim of relaxing regulations on information dissemination. This will build a culture of information openness between the Government and citizens. In other words the Government should maximize information dissemination through their websites.

scholarly journals MANAJEMEN STRATEGI PEMERINTAH DAERAH DALAM MENINGKATKAN INVESTASI PADA CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT DI KABUPATEN KEDIRI

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wahyu Setyaningrum
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Strategy Management ◽  
Office Work ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Work Program ◽  
The Government ◽  
Business District

District/ city regional governments need to seek equal investment and income with other District/ City regions to avoid disparity/ inequality. This study uses strategic management theory and good governance. The research method in this text uses qualitative methods. The Government of Kediri Regency develops its territory to be used as a place of investment by building Gumul Lima Junction Kediri Regency. This effort was carried out with the 2012 KPM (Investment Office) work program. In the work program there was management at KPM in the form of planning, organizing, actuating and controlling. KPM implements strategy management, one of the strategy management tools through SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threats). So far, investors in SLG are still one investor, namely PT. Gumul Paradise Island. This is because it is difficult to get investors because it competes with Kediri City which is more strategically located. KPM in implementing strategic management uses SWOT analysis. Analysis is done by knowing the successes, failures, inhibiting factors, and supporting factors of the organization in carrying out its duties. After that, KPM gets a solution to the problems faced and can carry out the planning and development of work programs to face the challenges ahead. Establishing an atmosphere that is conducive to investing, investors need good and easy services in investing. This research was carried out in 2012, an interesting theme for further research on the development of investment in Kediri Regency.

Safeguarding the future

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 436
Author(s):  
Shaughn Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Successful Outcome ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
Engagement Strategies ◽  
Petroleum Companies ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The present climate of coal seam gas (CSG) production in east coast Australia illustrates the importance of consultation and engagement with the government and stakeholders. This extends particularly to agricultural and community groups, and the impact they have on government policy decisions and in some instances, knee-jerk reactions based on emotion rather than science. Farmers are (and have been) strong environmental managers who want to ensure that the protection of prime agricultural land is safeguarded for future generations—however, so do petroleum companies and working side-by-side for a successful outcome is achievable. For instance, AGL Energy has invested in the agricultural sector from vineyards to growing cattle, allowing the company to engage in the sector directly. On the ground early engagement strategies increasingly need to be implemented with agriculture, which reassures the government and provides a win-win outcome by diffusing anti-groups and community divisions by bringing opportunities for sustainable economic benefit. One of the critical questions is how can this be done successfully without it being seen by the government and community as corporate spin. Particular reference will be made to NSW and the relationship that AGL Energy has built with agriculture organisations, such as Dairy Connect NSW and community groups such as Advance Gloucester. This extended abstract will illustrate that the opportunities for growth for CSG, agriculture and the community are only limited by narrow views of what is achievable and what is drawn from real-life experiences from AGL Energy operations in NSW.

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