Exploring the perception of quality of life in urban daily commuting for sustainable urban transport in Bangkok, Thailand

IF 3.5 2区工程技术 Q1 ENGINEERING, CIVIL

Transportation Pub Date : 2024-06-28 DOI:10.1007/s11116-024-10496-3

Pawinee Iamtrakul, Sararad Chayphong, Hayashi Yoshitsugu

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Quality of life (QoL) in daily travel is increasing in popularity as a research topic since transportation infrastructures and services are instrumental in accessing basic services and social capital benefits in areas such as public health, employment, housing, etc. This accessibility has consequently led to improved QoL for the Bangkok population. In this study, the evaluation of the perception of QoL during the daily travel of Bangkokians in Sukhumvit District, Thailand is conducted using face-to-face interview questionnaires with 500 respondents. The structural equation model (SEM) is employed to quantify QoL and its related multidimensional determinants. Four statistically significant factors affect QoL from the travel perspective: (1) accessibility (p-value 0.001), (2) travel cost (p-value 0.05), (3) environment (p-value 0.05), and (4) information (p-value 0.05). Interestingly, accessibility was found to have the most influence on QoL in daily travel. Therefore, policymakers are recommended to consider the degree to which QoL may be affected to establish transportation policies that are more acceptable, practical, and efficient.

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探究泰国曼谷城市日常通勤中对可持续城市交通的生活质量感知

由于交通基础设施和服务有助于人们获得公共卫生、就业、住房等领域的基本服务和社会资本福利，因此日常出行中的生活质量（QoL）日益成为一个热门研究课题。因此，这种便利性提高了曼谷居民的生活质量。本研究通过对 500 名受访者进行面对面的问卷调查，对泰国素坤逸区曼谷人在日常出行中的 QoL 感知进行了评估。采用结构方程模型（SEM）来量化 QoL 及其相关的多维决定因素。从旅行的角度来看，有四个具有统计意义的因素会影响 QoL：(1) 交通便利性（p 值为 0.001），(2) 旅行成本（p 值为 0.05），(3) 环境（p 值为 0.05），以及 (4) 信息（p 值为 0.05）。有趣的是，在日常出行中，可达性对 QoL 的影响最大。因此，建议政策制定者考虑 QoL 受影响的程度，以制定更易于接受、更实用、更高效的交通政策。

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Transportation 工程技术-工程：土木

CiteScore

10.70

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4.70%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： In our first issue, published in 1972, we explained that this Journal is intended to promote the free and vigorous exchange of ideas and experience among the worldwide community actively concerned with transportation policy, planning and practice. That continues to be our mission, with a clear focus on topics concerned with research and practice in transportation policy and planning, around the world. These four words, policy and planning, research and practice are our key words. While we have a particular focus on transportation policy analysis and travel behaviour in the context of ground transportation, we willingly consider all good quality papers that are highly relevant to transportation policy, planning and practice with a clear focus on innovation, on extending the international pool of knowledge and understanding. Our interest is not only with transportation policies - and systems and services – but also with their social, economic and environmental impacts, However, papers about the application of established procedures to, or the development of plans or policies for, specific locations are unlikely to prove acceptable unless they report experience which will be of real benefit those working elsewhere. Papers concerned with the engineering, safety and operational management of transportation systems are outside our scope.