ABSTRACT
摘要
1 Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.1.1 General background of population growth and urbanization
1.1.2 Urban sprawl
1.1.3 Sustainability and sustainable public transport
1.1.4 Structural principle for sustainability
1.1.5 Background and justification of the research
1.1.6 Problem statement
1.2 Objective of the study and research question
1.2.1 Objective of the study
1.2.2 Research question
1.3 Conceptual framework
1.4 Research design and structure
1.5 Expected out comes and merits of the research
2 Literature Review
2.1 The overview of sustainable public transport systems
2.2 Overview of the Bus Rapid Transit system
2.2.1 Concept and introduction of Bus Rapid Transit system
2.3 Other cities' experience of sustainable Bus Rapid Transit system
2.3.1 The Bus Raid Transit system in Curitiba-Brazil
2.3.2 The case of transmilenio the BRT system in Bogota-Colombia
2.3.3 Lesson from Curitiba,Bogota
2.4 Description of public transportation demand in Dar es Salaam city
2.4.1 Present policy,regulations
2.4.2 Development frame work,integrated approach and economic growth of the city
2.4.3 A brief history of public transport in Dar es Salaam city
2.4.4 Overview of current public transport in Dar es Salaam
2.4.5 Challenges and potential qualities in planning for sustainability transit
2.4.6 Justification of urban transportation improvement
2.5 The Bus Rapid Transit in Dar es S alaam-DART system
2.5.1 The Dar es Salaam Rapid Transit Agency
2.5.2 Dar es Salaam Rapid Transit system
2.5.3 Dar es Salaam Rapid Transit system project risk
2.5.4 Critical success factors
2.6 The choice and preference[utility]model used in relative research
2.6.1 Travel choice behavior
2.6.2 Consumer's choice behavior
2.6.3 Stated preference analysis
2.6.4 Random utility models
3 Research Methodology
3.1 Physical characteristics of the study area
3.2 Research strategy and design
3.3 Pre field work stage
3.3.1 Survey method selection
3.3.2 Setting up experiment design
3.3.3 Field survey design
3.4 Field work stage
3.4.1 Survey implementation
3.4.2 Data entry and verification
3.4.3 Collection of secondary data
3.5 Post field work stage
3.5.1 Data preparation
3.5.2 Data analysis and interpretation
4 State Choice Analysis and Brt Assessment Based on Commuters' Preference
4.1 Characteristics of the sample size population
4.1.1 Social economic and demographic characteristics
4.1.2 Travel characteristics
4.2 State choice modeling
4.2.1 Model input variables
4.2.2 Defining the basic utility model expression
4.2.3 Estimation of utility model and result
4.3 Analysis of Bus Rapid Transit system based on passengers' preferences
4.3.1 Spatial analysis of Bus Rapid Transit using utility based accessibility
4.4 Concluding Remarks
5 The Preference Analysis of Bus Passenger and Car User By Binary Choice Model
5.1 Bus passenger opinion survey
5.1.1 Survey locations
5.1.2 Survey hours
5.1.3 Survey days
5.1.4 Sampling
5.1.5 Survey forms
5.1.6 Survey performance
5.1.7 Survey result
5.2 Bus passengers' binary choice model
5.2.1 Trip information
5.2.2 Awareness on bus services
5.2.3 Preference to BRT/Dala Dala
5.2.4 Binary choice model
5.2.5 Model estimation
5.3 Car user opinion survey
5.3.1 Survey location
5.3.2 Survey hours
5.3.3 Survey days
5.3.4 Sampling
5.3.5 Survey method
5.3.6 Survey forms
5.3.7 Survey performance
5.3.8 Survey result
5.4 Car user's binary choice model
5.4.1 Trip information
5.4.2 Awareness of buses
5.4.3 Preference to BRT/Car
5.4.4 Binary choice model
6 Conclusion and Recommendations
Further Research
References
Publications
Acknowledgments
Appendices
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