Public transport become one of core topic while contributing a livable society. However, people tend to highly dependent on car, which is not only means of transport but also play an essential role in society such as sense of superiority and power (Steg, 2005). Accessibility tends to become the focus of transport planning (Morris, Dumble & Wigan, 1978). This essay will analysis the problems bought by shortage of public transport occurs in Mernda in terms of low accessible and higher car dependency. Then will point out solution to improve the public transportation to achieve livability by looking at the policy that was implemented in metro and state.
Mernda has a shortage of public transportation which currently only has bus. Few bus stops
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The car dependency will tends to become relatively higher. In order to achieve sufficient access, people in Mernda have tendency to choose private car as their major transport to access the place. However, increasing private car use resulted in various environmental and social problems. For the environmental aspect, higher car dependency will increase the green house gas emissions as well as the toxic and harmful substances (STEG, 2013). It will contributes to global warming and other environmental problems such as smog and acid precipitation (STEG, 2013). With the limited capacity of the road network, higher car dependency will result in congestion (Jefferson, 1996 ). Therefore, the extension of road infrastructure was needed. However, in order to built a new road, the natural environment will be interrupted. In another word, it will ‘…cause distortion and fragmentation of natural areas’, and it will affect the natural habitat (STEG 2013, 27). Moreover, rare raw materials are used to produce cars and scarce energy are required to use cars (STEG, 2013). With the large demand for car, the problem of natural sources shortage will be further …show more content…
Tram system was extended from the Melbourne central to all direction (City of Melbouren, 2015 & figure 3). Compare to Mernda, it is easier for people to get around. Moreover, Each tram station well connected with completed facilities, such as lighting, shelter for sitting or waiting and adequate information. Furthermore, extensive train and buses are also offering a comprehensive and connected public transport system (City of Melbouren, 2015). Transport connectivity in Melbourne tends to increase the willingness to pay for public transport rather than car (McDougall & Maharaj, 2011). According to Australian Bureau of Statistics (2011), the usage of public transport in Melbouren is much more higher than that in Mernda (Chart 1). It mainly because of public transport in Mernda runs slower than car and infrequently, and also is inconvenient to use. However, car dependency in Melbourne was reduced by the public transport, which made the trip become shorter and quicker ( McDougall & Maharaj,
Automobiles play a major role in today's society. Almost every American owns at least one motorized transportation vehicle. Some say they make our lives better by reaching places faster than before. Others say they are a harmful to the environment. Have they made our society better or worse? They may be fast, but do we as humans want our environment to suffer because of time. Face it, cars pollute. And they release destructive chemicals into the air. Air pollution can threaten the health of many subjects in the environment including human beings.
hard for them to get the business due to loyalty to Taxis companies, so the government
This means that most ‘areas of interest’ (e.g. home, school and shops) are within walking distance of the station . For example in Hong Kong, the majority of MTR stations have a shopping mall, health care centre, and police station within five to ten minutes walking distance . If there are multiple TODs around the city, commuters can travel to and from TODs around the city via public transport with relative ease without having to change the mode of transport. This makes public transport more attractive since it could be even faster than using private automobiles, because railways can travel quickly without congestion as well as saving time to find a parking
...ery time they use the metro, instead they use NOL cards which are filled with cash and can be refilled at anytime they want. The metro reduces the use of cars and saves the environment from pollution of gas released from cars etc.
We all use vehicles for transportation. People usually go to their desired destination either by driving their own cars or traveling in public transportation. Actually, it might be tough to choose that which one is the best selection for people to travel. Many people choose one of them according to their comfort while traveling and both of them have advantages and disadvantages in different conditions. Public transportation and driving own car both shares differences and similarities in many aspects, such as facility, cost, and comfort as well as traffic jam and accident occurrence.
With the development of urbanization, an increasing number of social problems have emerged. These problems will decelerate the urban development, however, there are many ways in which sustainable development can reduce the impact of these urbanization problems. “Sustainable development seeks to improve the quality of human life without undermining the quality of our natural environment” (Adams, W.M. 1999). Actually, sustainable development can partly solve the urbanization problems, for it can reduce the impact of the problems such as traffic jam, housing shortage and severe pollution, but it is difficult to completely solve these problems in a short time.
But then local happen to be the fastest way to travel. However, the other 4.2 million people ride on buses, while 12 million use public transit per day. Likewise, traffic congestion is a major problem as 2 million four-wheel vehicles were sharing the roads. The massive challenges in the urban economy demands efficient mobility and due time shortage. Mega cities to improve transportation challenges to increase efficient movement between airports, main railway stations, central business districts, seaports, manufacturing areas, and markets. This assist on fast long distance connections like high-speed rail, flyovers, and subways. Likewise, short distance connections in the transportation include, buses, taxis, rickshaws, and pedestrian bridges. Auto Rickshaws are all throughout the city, and go through narrow lanes. This is comparatively cheaper than taxis, which is a convenient option to commute in Mumbai. From corner, to corner streets yellow black taxis in Mumbai is convenient to everywhere. Mumbai taxis are conditioned cabs, comfortable but more expensive then Auto Rickshaws, due to its undoubtable facilities. Buses, are also offered in very corner of the city.
The traffic problems that all of us have to face well known. This aspect of urban experience deserves a lot of attention and discussion. As this is a problem faced by all and sundry. As asked in the first question its importance will be explained and in what ways it affects the urban life. It would be difficult to imagine how life will be without transportation a movement of people. It affects the urban experience in many different ways. Road congestion is becoming so common that people take 1 hour to reach at a place where they can be reached in about 20 mins. The traffic problems is a picture of what we witness on an everyday basis in our lives. But there are no signs of it being less than what it was yesterday. This is a scene that happen not only in the rush hours but also many times during the day. So what is the problem exactly?.
Residents who live within Perth and Sydney’s inner-city suburbs are likely to have fantastic public transport infrastructure at their doorstep. Residents living in outer suburbs are typically not as fortunate and in some areas, makes car ownership more or less of a necessity. Even when public transportation services are available, services which fall outside of ‘peak hours’ are often infrequent and the distance between bus stops and stations can be significant. This can result in further inefficiency and less reliance for individuals.
Directly, transportation changes the landscape itself. Indirectly, transportation becomes secondary cause of changes in its characteristics and also its dimensions such as pattern, tranquility, cultural and land cover. It could be said that all modes of transportation have effects on landscape and heritage sites. First of all, road transportation, the most popular one in the world, has significant effect on landscape. As human society grows faster and faster, societal demands for road transport, for good traffic ability of roads appear. Thus, it raises needs for construction, maintenance of road as well as traffic on road. This creates a bunch of pressure on the landscape around that road, one of which can be mentioned here is loss of landscape visibility: To build a road, trees or other obstacles must be cut down and removed which lead to an elimination of vegetal coverage affecting directly to landscape appearance. Along with appearance of a new road, factories, companies, plants, machinery parks begin to appear more and more on 2 sides of that road. In addition, vehicle with goods, machines travels everyday on that road. These turn natural surroundings into an industrial zone with noise, smoke, and dusts from cars, factories. Apparently, the new road with construction works, vehicles has intruded visual quality of
Both of the two auto vehicles are brought into the human industry as the use of benefit students’ lives become more convenient traveler. In commons, the two automobile created opportunities jobs in the economic companies’ nation. Plus, several students did not noticed that both cars and public transportation have one major similar concept where two of the transit vehicle produce environmental pollution, traffic congestion, and oil consumption problems. Encounter, the public transportation and cars can cause a huge impact to the environmental which it can lead human health problems. Mostly, both of the automobile still release noxious gases into the air, and over time the built up can change the environment global warming to like an unhealthy
In urban settings, where consumers get to choose between a more or less fuel efficient car, but where there is almost no option for public transport since it is not as satisfactory as private transport. Car ownership is nowadays a necessity for most households because it is essential for work. Today growth in households mostly derives from buying a second car. Those who cannot afford cars, have to use public transport to work as they do not have the choice to live close enough to work or shops to be able to walk or cycle. While consumers may be not be keen or willing but are rather locked-in by such circumstances of overarching social structures of market, business, working patterns, urban planning and development. These circumstances are often deliberately created by producer and business
In conclusion, we can see that rail transport in Malaysia is very need the improvement from the trip ratio for transportation on current scenario compared to the target scenario in Peninsular Malaysia based on Figure 1 results. For next chapter, we will have a discussion about the relationship between factor influence and social behavior towards the railway transportation. Moreover, we have to find out some more reasons why people do not chosen railway transport as their movement
If you use public transport you spend on your journey as and when you need to travel, whereas if you own a car you are paying for it all the time, even if you are not using it, as insurance, tax and MOTs need constantly maintaining.
Most of cities that people live are sequentially growing, daily routine of many people are also adapted for surrounding in the present. A lot of people have to spend most of their time with travelling though long distances to get from one place to another for connecting their businesses or other purposes by transportation. Most people use public transportation such as BTS and MRT to go each places while many people are using their own cars to travel. Thereby, both transportations have the same destination that is taking and moving people. People can choose vehicles from alter reasons depend on how people are responded to their needs by public transportation and private car that are different in convenience of travelling, expenditure of money and security of travel.