Publication: Kajian penjanaan perjalanan lalulintas Taman Pekaka di Seberang Perai Selatan, Pulau Pinang
Date
2002-02-01
Authors
Mohd. Hashim, Hazrul
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Abstract
This report discusses and presents the result of a research entitled ‘Trip generation Study
in Taman Pekaka’ at Seberang Prai Selatan, Pulau Pinang. Study was carried out on every
entering and exiting trip at the site. Data were collected on two types of day; a weekday
and a public holiday. Methods used were; manual classified counts and through
questionnaire. These two methods were used in order to establish the trips pattern and
also to identify the peak hours of the flow. Questionnaire with residence were conducted
especially to get the correlation between travel characteristics and the pattern of trips.
Generally, the research shows that the amount of trip generation on the weekday is higher
compared to the public holiday. Similar were also found for link haoses which was
higher than other development both the public holiday and the weekday. The reason for
this finding is discussed in the report. This research has also contributed to updating the
Malaysian Trip Generation Manual especially for traffic in Taman Pekaka. Only one
independent variable was identified, which is the number of house unit such as link
houses, shop houses and semi-D houses. This research has achieved its objectives of
providing addition data for the Malaysian Trip generation Manual while establishing the
much valued trip pattern and travel bahaviour of Taman Pekaka users.