Main factors of Kota Kinabalu residents tend to use public transport

Transportation and movement of goods are one of the essential human needs, and special attention is placed on the planning of a large city. It has always played an essential role in the development of society, initially concerning trade routes and harbor, but more recently about land and air-based systems. Therefore, in a particular area where the population growth keeps increasing as in Kota Kinabalu, there is a need to implement a good transportation system to ensure proper traffic flow. This paper surveys the reaction of 450 respondents towards the existing public transportation provided in Kota Kinabalu city through a questionnaire distributed via online form. The main aim of this research is to find out the main factor of Kota Kinabalu residents tends to use public transport. Based on the Chi-square analysis, the age and gender of Kota Kinabalu residents have a significant influence on the frequency of public transport usage in Kota Kinabalu. The results of the study also showed that the main factor of Kota Kinabalu tend to use public transports are the reliability of public transport and its drop-off consistency. Meanwhile, the most factors which need to be enhanced are the cleanliness and comfort of the existing public transport in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Main factors of Kota Kinabalu residents tend to use the private vehicle

Kota Kinabalu is the capital city of Sabah which acts as economic and administration centre and fondly known as KK. The migration of people due to wide opportunities has enhanced the population growth drastically. Unexpectedly, this led to the increase of the travel demand. This has been proven as the number of vehicles travelling in and out of the city grows by 8.3% annually by the number of roads grows at a slower rate, causing worst traffic congestion mainly during peak hours. Hence, this study has been conducted in order to determine the relationship between variables and car ownership in Kota Kinabalu, the relationship between variables with the type of vehicles use for travelling in Kota Kinabalu City as well as to study the factor of Kota Kinabalu residents tend to use the private vehicles in Kota Kinabalu City. An online survey being conducted via Google Form to obtain the findings and chi-square test has been done to analyse the data. It is found that the most factors that encourage people to use private vehicles in Kota Kinabalu City are security concerns, hygiene as well as the time and destinations flexibility

Pilot study for the modelling of congestion pricing in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Congestion pricing is a policy at which road users being charged with certain amount for using particular road during peak hours. It is as much about meeting the demand of car drivers for road space as allocating road space between road users. It has been successfully implemented in some other countries such as Stockholm, London and Singapore with various scheme of congestion pricing. Hence, the main aim of this pilot study is to evaluate and create model based on the willingness of the Kota Kinabalu City residents’ to shift to public transport due to the implementation of congestion pricing. A total of 60 respondents were randomly chosen within Kota Kinabalu City. Data collection is being conducted using stated preference survey and analysed with Microsoft Office Excel 2010 in order to conduct regression analysis and develop a logistic transport model analysis. It is found that the number of people who willing to shift to public transport is parallel with the congestion charge amount. The results from this pilot study indicate that 71.67% of respondents are willing to shift to public transport when the congestion charge price is RM4.00. This study can give contribution for further transportations planning in order to achieve sustainable transportations in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Effect of quarry dust as a sand replacement on the properties of interlocking brick

Global sand crisis is being such a great concern these days and it has greatly influenced the world in various means including in the construction field. One of the effective alternatives that can be implemented is by using the waste material for the construction purpose. This paper investigates the physical and mechanical properties of compressed brick containing quarry dust as a replacement of sand in the brick’s materials. The compressed brick specimens were mixed with quarry dust in different proportions having 20%, 50% and 100% as a sand replacement and tested for compressive strength, water absorption and density test. The result indicates that the optimum proportion of quarry dust is at 20% replacement of cement as it showed the highest compressive strength, with range of 10% to 12% water absorption and high density at 28 days curing period