Travel characteristics of low income households in Western Province, Sri Lanka

Amalan, TP

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dc.contributor.author	Amalan, TP
dc.contributor.editor	Gunaruwan, TL
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-25T06:38:04Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-25T06:38:04Z
dc.date.issued	2016-06
dc.identifier.citation	Amalan, T.P., & Gunaruwan, T.L. (2016). Travel characteristics of low income households 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. 31-34). Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics. https://slstl.lk/r4tli-2016/	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17687
dc.description	In recent years, transportation has become a critical element for every income group to accomplish tasks in their day-today activities, including accessing goods and services. Transport is of great importance, especially from the perspectives of town development and securing mobility. Travel characteristics of the low income group have been the theme of consideration in many developing countries, even though much still remains to be explored. This research mainly focuses on travel characteristics of the low income group in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. The total population of Western province was Rs 7.8 Million in 2013 and the low-income group (monthly income: less than Rs. 40,000) accounts for 70% (Fig 01) of the total population (CoMTrans Study, 2014). The role of public transport is hence of great importance in providing an affordable means of transport for people with lower incomes to access goods and services.	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	Households	en_US
dc.subject	Travel characteristics	en_US
dc.subject	Low income	en_US
dc.subject	Non-low income	en_US
dc.title	Travel characteristics of low income households 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. 31-34	en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding	Proceedings of 1st Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016	en_US