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Factors influencing a shift towards carpooling in Western Province, Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Wijekoon, PA
dc.contributor.author Waidyasekera, VT
dc.contributor.editor Gunaruwan, TL
dc.date.accessioned 2022-04-25T04:39:42Z
dc.date.available 2022-04-25T04:39:42Z
dc.date.issued 2016-06
dc.identifier.citation Wijekoon, P.A., & Waidyasekera, V.T. (2016). Factors influencing a shift towards carpooling in Western Province, Sri Lanka [Extended Abstract]. In T.L. Gunaruwan (Ed.), Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016 (pp. 85-88 ). Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics. https://slstl.lk/r4tli-2016/ en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17674
dc.description The current fast-paced development of the modern world has caused a massive need for mobility. With a 7.3% increase in Sri Lanka‟s GDP in 2013 (Economic and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka 2014, Central Bank of Sri Lanka), the number of vehicles bought also increased by approximately 12% that year. According to statistics published by the Daily Mirror newspaper which cites the National Transport Commission and Central Bank, the total amount of cars which enter Colombo every day is 170,000. Out of the total 500,000 vehicles that enter Colombo daily, 87% are private vehicles and 6% are public vehicles. These public vehicles, carry 52% of the total passengers who enter Colombo. Only 44% of the passengers who enter the Colombo City are carried in private vehicles. 31% of the vehicles are cars and the average occupancy of these vehicles is around 1.8 people. This has led to a large number of low-occupancy vehicles in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. The objective of this research is to identify the factors that could possibly influence people to shift towards carpooling in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Sri Lanka Society for Transport and Logistics en_US
dc.relation.uri https://slstl.lk/r4tli-2016/ en_US
dc.subject Single occupancy vehicles en_US
dc.subject High cccupancy vehicles en_US
dc.subject Carpooling en_US
dc.title Factors influencing a shift towards carpooling in Western Province, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Conference-Extended-Abstract en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Transport and Logistics Management en_US
dc.identifier.year 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.conference 1st International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.place Colombo en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 85-88 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of 1st Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016 en_US


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