The Study on Developing a Trolley Bus System as an Alternative Mode of Public Transportation in Pattaya, Chonburi, Province
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Travel Demand, Travel Behaviors, Origin - DestinationAbstract
Regards to current transportation policies, it had been planned and designed to leverage quality of public services and public transportation to enhance regional connectivity and its vicinity. However, to fulfill the target of transportation development, it requires feeder system to provide linkage from the regional network to local area. Therefore, this research aimed to study the feasibility for implementing trolley bus in urban area by analyzing the demand of of EV trolley bus and impact of ridership in urban area of Pattaya City, Chonburi, Thailand. In order to study the appropriate routing and travel behavior, this study conducted the questionnaire survey by collecting from 1,200 samples to analyze with the EMME (Equilibre Multimodal, Multimodal Equilibrium) program. The determination of the traveling demand with its appropriate route that best fits could be performed in both quantitative ad qualitative researches. The research outcome could be recommended to improve the situation of public transports in Pattaya and reflect a need for a trolley bus development system with appropriate network. The preferred route of Na Jomtien - Central Pattaya, would reach the number of passengers of 12,788 people per hour. It is useful information for municipality to prepare supportive plan in order to improve the usage of public transportation.
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