Strategic interventions for improving transportation in Kandy city

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dc.contributor.authorKumarage, AS
dc.contributor.authorSathyaprasad, IMS
dc.contributor.authorWeerawardana, J
dc.contributor.editorGunaruwan, TL
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-25T05:17:31Z
dc.date.available2022-04-25T05:17:31Z
dc.date.issued2016-06
dc.descriptionKandy is located in a mountainous terrain 116 km away from Colombo in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is recognised as the second-busiest city of the country with a population density of around 2,500 persons per sq.km. A sacred site for the global Buddhist community due to the situation of the Temple of Tooth, Kandy was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1988. The Kandy Municipal Area (KMA) is about 12 sq. km and bounded by the Mahaweli River on three sides and by mountains to the South. The core area of KMA, its Central Business District (CBD), is around 3 sq.km, and serves as a regional centre for culture, commerce, tourism, administration and transport. This area attracts a large number of vehicles and passengers daily, resulting in average speeds of between 4 kmph to 15 kmph on busier roads. Such low speeds in the transportation network leads to lower economic productivity in the city, and to negative social and environmental externalities. Based on the findings and recommendations in Kandy City Transport Study [1] and Kandy Transport Improvement Program [2], this paper summarises the transport issues identified and their consequences in the above context, and proposes mitigatory measures through a rational decision making methodology.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKumarage, A.S., Sathyaprasad, I.M.S., & Weerawardana, J. (2016). Strategic interventions for improving transportation in Kandy city [Extended Abstract]. In T.L. Gunaruwan (Ed.), Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016 (pp. 59-62). Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics. https://slstl.lk/r4tli-2016/en_US
dc.identifier.conference1st International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016en_US
dc.identifier.departmentDepartment of Transport and Logistics Managementen_US
dc.identifier.facultyEngineeringen_US
dc.identifier.pgnospp. 59-62en_US
dc.identifier.placeColomboen_US
dc.identifier.proceedingProceedings of 1st Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17679
dc.identifier.year2016en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSri Lanka Society for Transport and Logisticsen_US
dc.relation.urihttps://slstl.lk/r4tli-2016/en_US
dc.subjectKandy municipal areaen_US
dc.subjectCentral business districten_US
dc.subjectLand useen_US
dc.subjectTransport demanden_US
dc.titleStrategic interventions for improving transportation in Kandy cityen_US
dc.typeConference-Extended-Abstracten_US

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