Rapid urbanisation in cities in developing countries has led to a sudden jump in traffic volume and caused several problems such as traffic congestion, road accidents, and air pollution. Accordingly, many researchers have highlighted that a thorough understanding of the relationship between built environment and travel characteristics of a city is essential for city planning as well as transport planning. The results of previous research have repeatedly claimed that built form factors such as density (i.e. population and employment) [1] diversity (i.e. land use) [1], design (i.e. transport facility) [1], [2] and accessibility (i.e. to activities and transport facilities) [1], [2], [3] significantly influence travellers’ mode choice . However similar studies are limited in the Sri Lankan context. Against this backdrop, this study aims to investigate the relationship between built environment characteristics and mode choice decisions of travellers in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Rathnayake, H.M.W.T., & Jayasinghe, A.B. (2018). An examination of the relationship between built environment and mode choice [Extended Abstract]. In T.L. Gunaruwan (Ed.), Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2018 (pp. 105-108). Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics.