1Awoyemi,
O. K., 2Ita,
A. E., 1Oke, M. O., Abdulkarim, I. A.3
and 4Awotayo, G. P.
1Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
2Department of
Environmental Health, College of Health Technology, Cross River State
3Department of
Geography, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
4Department of
Geography, Kwara State College of Education, Nigeria
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ABSTRACT
The
study examined trip generation and vehicular traffic pattern Akure metropolis
which is one of the fast developing urban centres in Nigeria. Purposive
sampling technique was employed to select five major roads in the area, while
accidental sampling technique was adopted to administer two hundred copies of
structured questionnaire to road users as intervals of 2km. Also, traffic
situation was obtained from traffic counts and classification of vehicles at
key traffic points across the roads. The result showed that civil servants and
students constituted the principal road users in the area, and that majority of
the road users earned between N10, 000 – N100, 000 monthly. It showed that 8 –
10am and 2 – 5 pm were the peak hours of traffic congestion in the city due to
series of problems encountered by passengers such as bad roads, street parking,
road narrowness, poor traffic system and impatience by motorist. The
multinomial logistic model revealed that 32% percent of the variability in
trips was explained by the set of independent variables. The statistical
significance of the model further revealed that trips made by commuters were
significantly related to their socio economic characteristics (p<0.05),
while occupation accounted for most of the trips made by road users in the
area. In addition, the chi square result indicated that the types of vehicles
that plied the major roads varied significantly (p<0.05). Based on the
findings above, the study suggested that the roles of government in providing
effective and efficient transport system should be intensified. Also, more
areas should be opened as a bye-pass and interlink route for free flow of
vehicles, this would improve the social well-being of the people and bring
about sustainable transport management.
Keywords: Urban Road Transport, Traffic
Operations, Peak Hours, By-pass, Sustainable Transport Management
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