Transport and Communications - Volume 9.; Issue 1/20211/2021http://drepo.uniza.sk/xmlui/handle/hdluniza/5102024-03-28T14:55:57Z2024-03-28T14:55:57ZTransport and Communications - celé číslo 1/2021http://drepo.uniza.sk/xmlui/handle/hdluniza/5152021-08-06T06:55:00Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZTransport and Communications - celé číslo 1/2021
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZSocio-Economic Characteristics and Taxis Services Patronage in Lagos State, NigeriaAfolabi, Oluwaseyi JosephAlli, Taiwo KareemFalayi, Bukola Temitopehttp://drepo.uniza.sk/xmlui/handle/hdluniza/5142021-08-06T06:56:05Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZSocio-Economic Characteristics and Taxis Services Patronage in Lagos State, Nigeria
Afolabi, Oluwaseyi Joseph; Alli, Taiwo Kareem; Falayi, Bukola Temitope
Taxi service is a pivotal instrument in public transport and its dominance is highly felt in providing door to
door service in place and time utility. It is in respect of this importance that this study examined the socio-economic characteristics
influence on taxis services patronage in Lagos State. 304 completed questionnaires were used in seeking information
from the passengers on their socio-economic characteristics and variation in patronage using multistage sampling
technique. Descriptive statistics were used in describing socio-economic characteristics while inferential statistical tools of
multiple regression analysis were used to determine the influence of socio-economic characteristics on patronage. It was
observed from the findings that there is a strong correlation between the passenger patronage of the Taxi companies and
socio-economic characteristics of age (Age), gender (Gen), income (Inc), occupation (Occ) and education (Edu) with R =
0.986) in Uber, R = 0.983 in Oga Taxi and R = 0.974 in Bolt Taxi. Hence, it is recommended that strict rules and regulations
guiding routine operation and service delivery to the populace must be adhere to, recruitment and selection of drivers
be considered on merit with high level of scrutiny.
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZAn Appraisal of Intercity Commuting Pattern Using Railway Services in South-Western NigeriaRaji, Bashiru AdisaDina, AdeoluSolanke, Muse OlayiwolaAlli, Taiwo Kareemhttp://drepo.uniza.sk/xmlui/handle/hdluniza/5132021-08-06T06:56:38Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZAn Appraisal of Intercity Commuting Pattern Using Railway Services in South-Western Nigeria
Raji, Bashiru Adisa; Dina, Adeolu; Solanke, Muse Olayiwola; Alli, Taiwo Kareem
Tracking the influence of service improvements on passengers particularly is an important component of
transport management. This study examined the characteristics of intercity travellers in the Economy Class Units (ECU) and
recently introduced Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) service within the Lagos District Nigeria Railway Corporation in southwestern
Nigeria. A structured questionnaire was randomly administered to 1206 passengers traveling on these trains over
two months with analysis in-volving the use of the regression model. The findings of the study indicate the socio-economic
characteristics of passengers accounted for about 90.3% and 88.2% of the variation in volume trips made by passengers using
DMU and ECU service respectively. Significant socio-economic predictors of trip volume on DMU train are Occupation
(0.137), Vehicle Ownership (0.218), and Type of vehicle (0.218). On the other hand, significant socio-economic attributes
of ECU passengers that affect trip volume are Age (0.274), Education (0.970), Occupation (-0.918), Income (0.435), Vehicle
Ownership (0.249), and type of Vehicle (-0.165). The result further indicates Trip Purpose explained 83.5% and 86.7% of
the variation in the trip volume of both services. The trip purpose that significantly influences the volume of trips on the ECU
trains are Business (0.210), Shopping (0.447) Leisure (-0.463), and other trip purposes (0.775). For the DMU train, only
Other-trip forms of purpose (0.753) is significant in explaining the volume of passengers using that service. The study shows
similarities in the use of the two services while several useful recommendations on ways to improve both services of the
corporation were proffered.
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZPedestrians’ Sidewalk Development and Level of Safety in Ikeja Area, Lagos NigeriaRaji, Bashiru AdisaSolanke, Muse OlayiwolaAlli, Taiwo Kareemhttp://drepo.uniza.sk/xmlui/handle/hdluniza/5122021-08-06T06:57:15Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZPedestrians’ Sidewalk Development and Level of Safety in Ikeja Area, Lagos Nigeria
Raji, Bashiru Adisa; Solanke, Muse Olayiwola; Alli, Taiwo Kareem
Safe and accessible pedestrian sidewalk is significant to sustainable infrastructural development and industrialisation
of core of cities in world over. Studies have shown that safety of pedestrian on walkways aid their ability to shop
more than sitting in the comfort of their vehicles. The study modelled the influence of lateral separation (LS) (sidewalk
separation); volume of motor vehicles (VM); speed of motor vehicle (SM) and vehicular access to adjoining properties (VA)
on pedestrians’ level of safety (PLS) along the streets of core area of Ikeja. Fifty-six (56) road segments were observed,
measured and field information obtained analysed. Though, LS, VM, SM and VA contributed about 58.1% to (PLS) in Ikeja,
the results further revealed that PLS increased with LS distant vehicles (βsd=0.60, tsd=5.14), but decreased with higher VM
(βvv=0.20, tvv=1.73) and SM (βsp=0.07, tsp=0.76). It was recommended that a standardised distance of LS from moving traffic
and its wideness; the required SM of vehicles and increased investment on pedestrian facilities in urban centre will improve
pedestrian safety and as well promote sustainable industrialisation since pedestrian form major traffic of the industries.
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