Travel characteristic behind the student of university of moratuwa new

The travel characteristics behind the students of University of Moratuwa

Group members

Index no Name contribution

101411U Chamila Jayashan Data entry,3.1

101412AChandrakesan Delakshan 4.2,

101413DSuneth Dharmaparakrama Introduction,2.3,4.4,4.5

101414GThushan Dharmawardana

Analysis sheet,2.1,2.2,4.6

101415 Kaveen Gayathma 3.1,3.2

101416N Darshana Gunarathna Data entry,3.2

101418XDanushka karunarathna Analysis sheet,4.1

101419C Tharindu Kodikara 3.3,

101420V Chamil Kodithuwakku 4.3,

TABLE OF CONTENT

Functions of Transport Page 2

Chapter 1

Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….. 8

1.1 Nature of problem……………………………………………………………………… 8

1.2 Demographic information……………………………………………………………… 8

1.3 Transportation…………………………………………………………………………... 9

1.4 Procedure of raw data collection………………………………………………………... 9

1.5 Objective of the study…………………………………………………………………… 10

1.6 Analysis sheet…………………………………………………………………………… 11

Chapter 2

Analysis about Non Boarded students……………………………………………………. 13

2.1 The distribution of university students according to level……………………………… 13

2.2 Percentage of students comes from home……………………………………………….. 15

2.3 Average travel time from home to university…………………………………………… 16

Chapter 3

Analysis about Boarded Students…………………………................................................... 17

3.1 Students stay in boarding places………………………………………………………….. 17

3.2 Frequency of students going home according to level……………………………………. 19

3.3 The traffic flow in train routes and analysis regarding preferred train station

to go home……………………………...... 21

Chapter 4


Overall Analysis…………………………………………………………………………… 24

4.1 Mode of transport………………………………………………………………………. 24

4.2 Average cost for come to university……………………………………………………. 28

4.3 University bus service…………………………………………………………………… 30

4.4 Other trip purposes…………………………………........................................................ 32

4.5 Educational trip purposes………………………………………………………………... 34

4.5 Analysis about the destinations of other trip purposes………………………………….. 35


ABSTRACT

This study is based on the travel patterns of the students of University of Moratuwa carried out seeking their daily travel needs varying on the place they stay and the external activities that the students are involved.

The objective is to develop mode choice models to predict the traffic demand of the students for different types of vehicles and to have knowledge about the travel time and the distance of their trips.


University of Moratuwa Transport & Logistics Management All the information collected in this survey will be considered highly confidential and will not be released out

Survey on transport functions behind students in University of Moratuwa.. 01.Name ……………………………………………………………………………………

02. Faculty ………………………………………………………………………………….

03. Level 1 2 3 4 Other

04. From where do you come to the university?

1. Home 2. Boarding Place 3.Other

4.1 If home

Home city and district: ………………………………………/……………………………………. Mode of transport: Private vehicle Public transport: Bus Train By foot Bus route numbers:

……………………………………… Train station: From: ………………….. To: ………………………

4.2 If boarding place

Approximate distance where you stay: ……………………………………… How often do you go home: Once a week Once a fortnight Once a month The mode of transport

Private vehicle Bus Train Bus route numbers: ……………………………………… Train station: From: ………………….. To: ………………………


05. Are you satisfied with your selected mode of transport?

Yes No May be

06. What is the travel time from your boarding or home to the university?

0-15mins 15-30mins 30mins-1hour 1hour-2hours

More than 2 hours

07. What is the average cost per trip to the university (Rs)?

0 0-10 10-20 20-30 more than 30

08. Do you use university bus service?

Yes No

If yes, the destination of the bus

Panadura Kottawa Bambalapitiya

09. Are you involved with other trip purposes in weekends?

Yes No

If yes what is the purpose of your trip?

Educational Business Work Other

10. What are the cities you have to travel for those trip purposes?

……………………………………………………………………………………………..


CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Nature of the problem

A student staying in boarding houses is a common factor in the University of Moratuwa or in any other university is Sri Lanka. Lack of proper transportation planning and the considerable distance from university to home can be two main reasons for this. It is important to know the problems of the students regarding transportation to and from the university in order to provide sufficient and efficient transportation methods and facilitate the student community of the University of Moratuwa.

Some of the students in the student community are from distanced and rural areas and they are accommodated in boarding houses or the university hostel. And some of the students are from zones nearby and still stay in boarding houses due to various reasons. And the students involve in many external activities and they travel to various places including homes and other education institutes to regarding transportation.

1.2 Demographic Information

This study is carried out with the data collected from the students of the University of Moratuwa which is situated in the Western Province, one of the nine administrative provinces of Sri Lanka (Map-1). The Western Province is sub-divided into three districts namely Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara. And the University of Moratuwa is situated in the Colombo district (Map-2). The University of Moratuwa is situated in the Mount Lavinia and Kottawa road between Piliyandala and Katubedda. With the approximate distance of 1km to the Galle road the accessibility to the University has increased.

The student population of the University of Moratuwa is approximately 8000 and it contains students from all around the country. Some of the students have accommodation in the university hostel. And some of the students stay in boarding houses around the university while the rest stay in their homes.


Map 1 Map 2

1.3 Transportation

The road system of the country is classified into 5 classes from class ‘A’ to ‘E’. The University of Moratuwa is located near the Galle road which is an ‘A’ class road. This connects the southern areas of the country and Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka, straight to the university. This has increased the accessibility to the university. The 255 bus route connects the university to the Galle road and to Kottawa. This links up the Sabaragamuwa Province. Public transport methods are provided by the government and private sectors in this region. And the nearest railway station would be Motatuwa railway station while Fort railway station is located in approximately 20km.

1.4 Procedure of the Raw Data collection

A questionnaire was distributed randomly among the university students with a sample size of 100. The method of distribution was random. At the end we have collected data samples as follows. The higher proportion of students was from engineering faculty. The survey forms had been distributed among levels at a closer ratio.


Engineering56%

IT11%

Architecture27%

NDT6%

EngineeringITArchitectureNDT

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1.5 Objective of the Study

The objective of this study is to understand the travel characteristics of the students of University of Moratuwa and be aware of their needs regarding transportation.


02) Eng Archi IT NDT Comments 56 27 11 6 The majority of students are from engineering faculty03) 1 2 3 4 5 25 25 16 30 3 04) Boarding Home Other 78 22 78% of UOM students are boarded 4.1.1 Colombo

Outstation

19 3 majority of non boarded are from Colombo district4.1.2 Private Bus Train By foot 6 16 0 students coming from home use bus as their main mode of transport4.1.3 225 100 101 138 Other

13 5 1 2 7higher percentage use 225 buses to come

to university4.2.1 1 2 3 4 5 4.2.2 1 2 3 39 12 26 larger proportion of students who are boarded visit their homes weekly4.2.3

private vehicle public transport

bus train

3 58 20 The main mode of transport to go home

for boarded students is bus4.2.5 Mount Fort

Moratuwa

2 14 7 Higher percentage of students have preferred Fort station to get into train

5 yes no may be 48 32 18 Larger portion of students are satisfied with their mode of transport

6 1 2 3 4 5 58 19 13 7 1 overall travel time per a student is in a


1.6 Analysis Sheet

lower range7 1 2 3 4 5

46 17 7 14 15 overall average cost is at a lower range

8 1 2 11 89 11% of university students use the university bus service

8.1 1 2 3 3 6 4 larger number of students use the Kottawa bus

9 1 2 42 55 higher percentage of students does not involve in other trip purposes

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21 3 0 20 highest percentage involve in educational

trip purposes at weekends

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Nugegoda

Mt.Lavinia

Moratuwa

Piliyandala

12 5 2 1 1bambalapitiya Kollupitiya and Nugegoda are

the main cities for those trip purposes


CHAPTER 2

Analysis about Non Boarded Students

2.1 The distribution of university students who come from home

Zone A,45%

Zone B,23%

Zone C,32%

Zone AZone BZone C

We can observe that a large proportion of students come to university are from zone A. And we can clearly see that about 78% of students have their travel routes along the Galle road. But the buses in ‘255’ route have at least 15 minutes time gap between the buses. So a larger number of students have to suffer because the mobility to Galle road is very less. And the above 23% of Zone B have to take at least 2 buses to complete their journey because the direct buses for that


Zone A: 10

Zone B: 5

Zone C: 7

area are very low. And we can observe from the chart below that even though Moratuwa station is the closest train station majority of students have selected the Fort station to go home.

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Because of these reasons we can suggest that a proper bus system would minimize the time loss and additional cost in above scenarios. That system should include

1. Dedicated bus service to the Moratuwa station2. A bus service to Panadura from Piliyandala3. Increase in the number of buses deployed in ‘255’ route4. Increase in the quality of the bus service5. Proper road development


2.2 The percentage of students comes from home

Among the 22 students who come from home to university in our survey 16 use public transport and 6 use their private vehicles.

Private vehicle; 6

Public transport; 16

Private vehiclePublic transport

We observed a 100% satisfaction about the transport mode of among the private vehicle users. But the larger percentage of students who use public transport has not satisfied according to our survey.

This has happened because of several reasons.

1. Largely crowded buses2. Higher waiting time for buses3. The poor quality of roads

If we observe the graph below we can see a clear majority of Level 4 people. As per our calculations approximately 50% of level 4 students come to university by their private vehicle. Most probably it would be a Motor cycle. So probability to come across an accident for a Level 4 student is very high.


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2.3 Average Travel Time from Home to the University

Some of the students who participated in the survey come to the university from home. Average travel time was asked from each of the students through question 6.

6. What is the travel time from your boarding place or home to the university?

0-15 mins

15-30 mins 30 mins- 1 hour

1 hour-2hours More than 2 hours

Level 1 0 7 10 5 0

Level 2 0 6 10 5 0

Level 3 0 6 10 5 0

Level 4 0 6 10 5 0

Average 0 6.25 10 5 0

The following graph shows the average travel time of the university students overall.

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Average Travel Time

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From the above chart it is shown that the travel time of the students of all levels are almost the same. In the above graph, overall average travel time is considered. Among the students who come from home there are non who take more than 2 hours or less than 15 minutes of travel time to reach the university. The highest number of students is in the range of 30 minutes – 1 hour. The number of students who take 15 minutes – 30 minutes and 30 minutes – 1 hour, are approximately the same.


CHAPTER 3

Analysis about Boarded Students

3.1 Students stay in boarding places.

In this survey we have mainly focused on the undergraduate students. So there are mainly four levels concerned about, and we have identified different behaviors of students regarding boarding in each level. But on top of that we have identified the overall percentage of students who use boarding places.

Total number of students in the sample – 100. Total number of students uses boarding places – 78. Percentage of boarding place usage (Regardless of level) – 78%.

Home 22%

Boarding place78%

Home Boarding place

By looking at the above percentage we can clearly see that a large number of student (More than 75%) uses boarding places. As for this behavior the reason is there are students from every part of the country, and for them travelling day to day from their homes is impossible. Even for some percentage of students, even though they have their homes under a reachable distance they have chosen the boarding places to live by considering the time taken, cost of travelling and easiness. To help this decision further the availability of boarding places around the university and feasibility of accessing other facilities (Mainly food, stationary, internet facilities, etc) have played a main roll.


90%

10%

distance to boarding place <1000mdistance to boarding place 1000m<

By analyzing further we recognized that 89.74% of the students (70 students out of 78) have their boarding places within a distance of 1km. For all of them it only takes less than 15 minutes to reach to their boarding places from university. So they don’t need any specific mode of transport for their daily purposes. For the other 10.26% they have to use some sort of a transport mode. The common and most available mode they use is busses.

Percentages regarding the levels.

Here are the percentages of students who use boarding places grouped by their academic level of studies.

Level 1 – 80% (20 out of 25 students in the sample.) Level 2 – 72% (18 out of 25 students in the sample.) Level 3 – 76% (13 out of 17 students in the sample.) Level 4 – 80% (24 out of 30 students in the sample.) Level 5 - 100 %( all three in the sample.)

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precentage of students use board-ing places


By analyzing the above data we can see that level-1 and level-4 students mostly tend to stay in the boarding places. For level-1 students there is a high competition among them as they are divided to their fields (for MPR students who represent a high percentage of the sample.) they prefer boarding places as they can save their time and focus more on studies. Another reason behind this behavior is university provides hostel facilities for mainly students from these two levels. Since this survey is done during a time period where level-3 students are not gone for their industrial trainings even level-3 percentage is higher than level-2 percentage of usage of boarding places.

Suggestions

If the transport facilities are developed there will be more number of students going home.

If the level of facilities of the boarding places and other requirements developed the numbers of using them will be higher.

If university can provide more hostel facilities many will be benefited. There will be more demand for boarding places if their fairs are lower than current.

3.2 Frequency of students going home who use boarding places.

When considering students who use boarding places they have unique patterns of going home. By looking at an overall view we recognized the percentages of them going home weekly, fortnightly and monthly.

Weekly – 51.3 %( 40 out of 78 students.) Fortnightly – 15.4% (12 out of 78 students.) Monthly – 33.3% (26 out of 78 students.)


Weekly51%

Fortnightly15%

Monthly33%

Frequency of students going home

WeeklyFortnightlyMonthly

Here we can see that more than 50% of the students who live in boarding places visit their homes weekly. This can be expected as they don’t have any work during weekends and they are in a distance where they can go home during a considerable time. Most of them go home Friday after lectures, stays at their homes on Saturday and return to boarding places on Sunday. The 15.4% of students who goes home fortnightly have their homes in bit remote areas of island, and transport facilities are not up to a good level at the same time the costs are considerably high. For every 10 students 3 students only goes home after a month. This is a very high number and this has caused due mainly due to the distance and other costs of travelling.

By looking at the modes of transport they use to travel home we identified that majority from the sample under the survey uses public transportation modes. For most of them the mode is buses. Some students use both busses and trains to go home. They reach to the nearest railway station from their homes by trains and then take a bus to arrive to their destinations.

Suggestions

If the transport facilities are developed there will be more number of students going home weekly.

If university can arrange the lectures in such a way that less lectures in Friday evenings there will be more numbers going home weekly.

If authorities can arrange transport facilities like bus services in weekends and Monday mornings many students will tend to go home frequently.


3.3 The traffic flow in train routes and analysis regarding preferred train station to go home

According to our survey 25.64% of boarded students use trains to visit their homes so approximately about 20% of all student population use trains.

Train20%

Other80%

TrainOther

When they visit homes there are three main specific ways. They can choose Fort, Mount lavinia or Moratuwa stations to get into the train. According to our survey a high percentage, 60.86% have chosen the Fort station. There may be several reasons for that choice.

01. All the train journeys start from Fort.

02. Accessibility to all train lines via the Fort station.

03. The only possible way for a student to get a express train to a destination away from

Polgahawela is by choosing the Fort station

About 30.43% of boarded student population use Moratuwa station but only 8.69% use the Mount Lavinia station. The reason for this difference is that the Mount Lavinia station is located roughly 700 meters away from Galle road and the express trains do not stop in Mount Lavinia station.


Fort 61%

Moratuwa30%

Mount Lavinia9%

Fort MoratuwaMount Lavinia

The location of Moratuwa station is the main reason for students to choose that as the second choice.

According to this chart we can realize that the students can travel at a lower cost via Mount Lavinia station. Because of this reason implementation of a university bus service to Mount Lavinia station would increase the utility level of students.

To fort Bus fair (Rs) Train fair(Rs) Total(Rs)Through Moratuwa

station09 20 29

Through Mount Lavinia station

12 15 27

Using bus only 31 - 31

If the railway department can take some measures to stop express trains at Moratuwa and Mount Lavinia that would be convenient to the students.

main line82%

other18%

It is clear that 82.14% of students use the main line (Fort-Kandy).


About 34.78% of that percentage shows intra movements via main line. About 65.21% shows transit movements via main line.

35%

65%

intra movementtransit movement

Nearly 34.87% of those populations use the Northern railway route and 17.85% use the southern railway route. Therefore according to our survey we can comprehend that there is a larger traffic flow in the main line which is from Fort to Kandy.


CHAPTER 4

Overall Analysis

4.1 Mode of Transport

First we think about students coming from home

We can see they use two transport modes. They are bus and private vehicle

Private vehicles Bus foot6 16 0

Most of the students use private vehicles spend more than Rs30 as their travel cost per a day. But most of the student use buses don’t pay more than 30 Rs per a day as their travel cost.

less than 30 more than 30private vehicles 2 4buses 10 3

We can analyze that using buses are always cheaper than using private vehicles. We have also analyzed about the cost. Let’s find out of the travel time.

0-15 min 15-30 min. 30-60 min. 60-120 120<private vehicles

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According to our survey it seems that many students using private vehicles spend 0-15 minutes to arrive to the university while most of the others spend 30-60 minutes to arrive to the


23%

77%

bus

cost>30 cost<30

67%

33%

private vehicle

cost>30 cost<30

private vehicles27%

bus73%

university. It means they have saved their time. So sometimes they would think their time is very important.

The satisfaction is very important in everywhere. Here also it is very important. Let’s see difference of satisfaction in these modes of transport.

satisfy no may beprivate vehicle 6 0 0bus 4 9 3

We can see 56% students using buses as their transport mode do not satisfied about their mode of transport. Only 25% students satisfy of it. But we see that all of the students using private vehicles satisfy about their mode of transport. It shows that using private vehicle is more comfortable than using buses. That is why these students use private vehicles without caring of the cost.

Then we analyze about the students staying at boarding places. Let’s see their travel cost per a day.


satisfied25%

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bus

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0-15 min67%

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private vehicles

15-30 min.19%

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buses

Rs.0-10 Rs. 10-20 Rs. 20-30 more than Rs 30

45 17 6 2 4

Then it seems that most of the students don’t spend even a single coin as their transport cost. It means they have found their boarding places near the university. So it says that they also consider of their convenient of their transport..

Then let’s see how they travel.

private vehicle bus train3 54 21

We know that most of the students staying at boarding places live in far away areas. So if they use private vehicles to go their homes, they have to spend a huge amount of money as their


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travel cost. That must be the reason only 4% students use private vehicle to go home. Then we can see that 70% student’s use buses, 27% students use trains. We know that there are only few railways in Sri Lanka and they do not spread all over the country. So some student cannot use trains to visit their homes. That should be the reason for most of students to use buses. Let’s see the satisfaction of these modes.

satisfy no may beprivate vehicle 2 0 1bus 22 17 14train 14 5 2

Here also we can see nobody in

the group of students using private vehicles do not satisfy of their transport mode. Though there are many students using other modes most of them do not satisfy about their mode of transport. One reason for that is that the buses and trains are very crowded. Other fact is that trains always get late. So passengers have to waste their time. Buses always stop everywhere and load them. Not only that they always have to face traffic jams. So buses also do not arrive to their destination at the allocated time. This should be the reason to have a minimum satisfaction for buses. But it seems that satisfaction of student using trains is better than the satisfaction of students using buses. Because when they use train they can prevent from facing traffic jams.

4.2 Average cost for come to university

From our survey we can know that average cost for come to the university to the students who come from home is higher than the students who come from boarding place. From the survey we can get that average cost for the students who come from home

Above 30 – 45%


satisfy67%

may be33%

private vehicle

satisfy67%

no24%

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satisfy42%

no32%

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bus

20 to 30 – 50% 0 to 10 – 5% And 10 to 20 & 0 – 0%

Therefore most of the student’s average cost is high

And also when we take the average cost for come to the university to the students who come from boarding place

0 – 59% 0 to 10 – 22% 10 to 20 – 9% 20 to 30 - 2% Above 30 – 8 %

Therefore most of the student’s average cost is law.


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These details show that students who come from home their average cost for travelling is high, because they come from different places. 95% of the students are living little far from the university. And also they use different modes of transport like private vehicles and public transport modes.

But students who come from boarding places their average cost for travelling is law. 59% of the student’s cost for travelling to university is (0) and 22% of the student’s travelling cost is (0 to 10). This detail shows most of the students are staying near the university.

There is a bus service for university students from some parts of Colombo to university, but that is not proper. Some students only get the use of it. If there is proper university bus service to all parts of Colombo district, then there is a chance to reduce the transport cost of students. And also government can give the special offers to university students for the transport. In other hand students who come from home they can stay in boarding places that are near the university. It may reduce the transport cost of the students.

4.3 University Bus Service


11% from university students use university bus service to come to university. From these students 73% comes from their homes and 27% come from boarding places. Almost every boarding place is near to the university. So we can assume that students from boarding places use university bus service to travel short distances. So this service is very useful for students from their homes than students from boarding places.

But when we consider students who come from their homes, only 36% use university bus service, 23% use private vehicles, 41% use other public transport services (Bus).

So totally 64% who could use university bus service (14% from total university students) prefer other transport services.

This low usage rate cause due to several reasons,

Lots of students leave university between 4.30.p.m to 5.30.p.m. So these students can’t catch the bus.

Students prefer private vehicles mainly because of the comfort. Because of the heavy crowd in the buses it’s uncomfortable to in them.

It’s almost 8.a.m when university buses arrive to the university so students have to rush to their lectures.

Due to traffic situations in Gale road buses get late. Nearly 14% students who come from their homes come from Nugegoda area. Though they don’t

have university bus service there Students who are waiting near by the university bus’ routes are willing to take the university bus.

But they can’t get into the bus because of the heavy crowd.


University Students

Coming from their homes22%

Use university bus service

8%

Use private vechicals

5%

Use other public

transpor services(Bus)

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Coming from bording places78%

Use university bus service

3%

Students use other transport modes(by

foot)75%

Usage rate in each bus service

Panadura 27.0%

Kottawa 36.5%

Bambalapitiya 36.5%

Panadura Kottawa Bambalapitiya

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This satisfaction levels mainly differ by the amount of passengers in each route. Because of the overly crowded conditions students who use Bambalapitiya are not satisfied about their bus service.

4.4 Other trip purposes


The university students involve in other external activities. University activities are normally carried out throughout the week. Therefore student’s other trip purposes were taken into consideration. Data corresponding to other trip purposes were collected through question 9 ad 10 in the questionnaire.

9. Are you involved in other trips in the weekends? If so, what is the purpose of your trip?

10. What are the cities that you have to travel for those trip purposes?

External trips undertaken in each level

Level 1 Level 2

Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Total

No. Of Students (Yes) 12 12 4 12 2 42No. Of students (No) 13 12 12 17 1 55

From a total of 97 random university students, 42 students undertake other trips in weekends.

The overall percentage of the students who are involved in other trip purposes

4297×100 %=50.5155

The percentage of the students who are involved in other trips purposes in each level Level 1 : 48.000%Level 2 : 50.000%Level 3 : 25.000%Level 4 : 41.379%Level 5 : 66.667%The following graph displays the percentages of students who involve in other trip purposes according to their levels.


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Out of all the students who were taken to this survey level 1 and 2 students show higher percentage students who are involved in other trip purposes, while level 3 students show the lowest percentage out of the 4 levels.

Due to insufficient number of students were surveyed from level 5, considering percentages can

be misleading.


4.5 Educational trip purposes

Among the students who undertake trips other than to or from the university, some students undertake educational trips. Overall percentages are considered below.

The percentage of the students who undertake educational trips.

Percentage = 2144×100 %

= 47.727%

Other47.73%Education

52.27%

Trip Purposes

The percentages of educational trips in each level.

Level 1 = 20.000%Level 2 = 24.000%Level 3 = 17.647%Level 4 = 16.667%

The following graph shows the percentages of educational trips in each level.


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From the above graph it is clear that in level 2, a high number of students are involved in external educational trips. And towards the end years of the university the percentage has gradually dropped. The level 1 percentage is less than the level 2 percentage.

4.6 Analysis about the destinations of other trip purposes

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According to the graph above we have found that students go to Bambalapitiya Kollupitiya areas for their trip purposes. The reason behind that most of the educational institutes is located in these areas. The data we collected shows about 21% of students indulge in educational trip purposes at weekends. The map below explains how their travel desire lines are.


Travel desire lines


Chapter 5

Conclusion

According to our survey we have found several issues students are facing in their day to day transport activities.

The data collection reveals that a higher percentage of student populations who come from home are in the Nugegoda region but there isn’t a straight bus service to fulfill the transport demand of those students from the university.

About 78% of students are boarded but approximately 10% of them haven’t been able to find a boarding place in the radius of 1 km. Because of that reason implementation of a boarding complex near the university premises would be a worthy idea.

As shown in the chapter 3 the most economical way to go to Fort station from university is through the Mount Lavinia station. A bus service from university to Mount Lavinia station would make the mobility levels of students higher and the transport cost lower.

The university bus service to Bambalapitiya is heavily crowded that higher percentage of them who use that bus service is unsatisfied about their mode of transport. If it is possible to increase the university buses deployed to that area it would certainly raise the convenience levels of the students.

A larger proportion of university students visit their homes at weekends. About 30% of them use train as their mode of transport. Even though the closest train station is Moratuwa station the percentage use that station is very low considering the amount goes to Fort station. The mobility to reach the Moratuwa station is very low because students have to take two buses to arrive at the Moratuwa station. The students from Moratuwa Panadura area show low satisfaction levels because of the deficiency of a direct bus service to that area.

These are the main issues discovered by us in this survey. The only positive thing we came across is that the larger population in the community of students of University of Moratuwa is satisfied with their mode of transport.


Appendix

As an optional thing to the survey we were instructed to analyze travel patterns of students in university of Moratuwa.

According to the data we have collected from that we found several trip patterns of students

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As we can observe in the graph above the educational trips of students are constant during the weekdays while considering Saturday and Sunday larger amount involve in Educational trip purposes on Saturday.

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As shown in the above graph students involve in more recreational trips in weekends.

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The larger population of student’s community of university of Moratuwa involves in social trips on Friday. The reason behind that is a larger amount of boarded students visit their homes on Friday.
