Analysing the effects of land use characteristics on passenger ridership of rail-based transit oriented development lessons from Pandan Indah and Ampang LRT Station

Malaysia has been undergoing rapid industrialization and economic growth since the 1970s. Klang Valley and its conurbation is overwhelmed by traffic jams, where people tend to travel by their own cars. Consequently, government concedes public transportation, especially in Light Rail Transit (LRT)...

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Main Authors: Bakri, Fatahsha Amira, Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez
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Language:English
Published: Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS) 2017
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description Malaysia has been undergoing rapid industrialization and economic growth since the 1970s. Klang Valley and its conurbation is overwhelmed by traffic jams, where people tend to travel by their own cars. Consequently, government concedes public transportation, especially in Light Rail Transit (LRT) as the decisive approach to relieving traffic congestion in Klang Valley. However, after several years of this public transport being operated, LRT has not been able to persuade people to shift travel from the use of private to public transport. The result of a research study found that the public acceptance of the public transport service is very disappointing compared to the LRT ability to receive and carry passengers in large numbers (Malaysia Economic Monitor, 2015). It is believed to be due to lack of cooperation between land use planning and rail-based public transportation (Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan 2020). The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of land use characteristics on passenger ridership of rail-based Transit Oriented Development (TOD) at Pandan Indah and Ampang LRT station.The observational survey method was conducted to collect data on land use density and diversity of mixed land use within 1000m radius around the selected LRT station. Whereas, the passenger volume count method was used to count the passenger ridership on weekday covering both during peak hour and off-peak hour for twelve hours duration at the two selected stations.The method of analysis such as relationship based on calculated diversity and density were applied. The findings revealed that the presence of compact developments with a mix of uses surrounding transit station contribute to the increase of passenger ridership.
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spelling iium-619312018-06-26T02:40:41Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/61931/ Analysing the effects of land use characteristics on passenger ridership of rail-based transit oriented development lessons from Pandan Indah and Ampang LRT Station Bakri, Fatahsha Amira Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez NA9053.R4 City planning Malaysia has been undergoing rapid industrialization and economic growth since the 1970s. Klang Valley and its conurbation is overwhelmed by traffic jams, where people tend to travel by their own cars. Consequently, government concedes public transportation, especially in Light Rail Transit (LRT) as the decisive approach to relieving traffic congestion in Klang Valley. However, after several years of this public transport being operated, LRT has not been able to persuade people to shift travel from the use of private to public transport. The result of a research study found that the public acceptance of the public transport service is very disappointing compared to the LRT ability to receive and carry passengers in large numbers (Malaysia Economic Monitor, 2015). It is believed to be due to lack of cooperation between land use planning and rail-based public transportation (Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan 2020). The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of land use characteristics on passenger ridership of rail-based Transit Oriented Development (TOD) at Pandan Indah and Ampang LRT station.The observational survey method was conducted to collect data on land use density and diversity of mixed land use within 1000m radius around the selected LRT station. Whereas, the passenger volume count method was used to count the passenger ridership on weekday covering both during peak hour and off-peak hour for twelve hours duration at the two selected stations.The method of analysis such as relationship based on calculated diversity and density were applied. The findings revealed that the presence of compact developments with a mix of uses surrounding transit station contribute to the increase of passenger ridership. Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS) 2017 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/61931/7/61931-Analysing%20the%20effects%20of%20Land%20Use%20Characteristics.pdf Bakri, Fatahsha Amira and Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez (2017) Analysing the effects of land use characteristics on passenger ridership of rail-based transit oriented development lessons from Pandan Indah and Ampang LRT Station. In: 12th EASTS International Conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 18th-21st September 2017, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. http://www.easts.info/on-line/proceedings/vol.11/pdf/PP1675_H1.pdf
spellingShingle NA9053.R4 City planning
Bakri, Fatahsha Amira
Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez
Analysing the effects of land use characteristics on passenger ridership of rail-based transit oriented development lessons from Pandan Indah and Ampang LRT Station
title Analysing the effects of land use characteristics on passenger ridership of rail-based transit oriented development lessons from Pandan Indah and Ampang LRT Station
title_full Analysing the effects of land use characteristics on passenger ridership of rail-based transit oriented development lessons from Pandan Indah and Ampang LRT Station
title_fullStr Analysing the effects of land use characteristics on passenger ridership of rail-based transit oriented development lessons from Pandan Indah and Ampang LRT Station
title_full_unstemmed Analysing the effects of land use characteristics on passenger ridership of rail-based transit oriented development lessons from Pandan Indah and Ampang LRT Station
title_short Analysing the effects of land use characteristics on passenger ridership of rail-based transit oriented development lessons from Pandan Indah and Ampang LRT Station
title_sort analysing the effects of land use characteristics on passenger ridership of rail-based transit oriented development lessons from pandan indah and ampang lrt station
topic NA9053.R4 City planning
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