An Examination of Challenges Confronting Commercial Road Transport Operators in Intra-City Travel (A Case of Ado-Ekiti)

Abstract

The study examined challenges confronting commercial road transport operators in intrastate travel with Ado-Ekiti. It’s specifically examined factors that influenced intra-city travels in Ado Ekiti, determined the level of productivity of commercial road transport operators, identified the factors limiting productivity of commercial road transport operators within Ado-Ekiti and identified the nature of traffic within Ado-Ekiti. It purposively selects 98 respondents whom were commercial road transport operator that operates with Ado-Ekiti town in Ekiti state. Questionnaire was use as the instrument of data collection. Descriptive statistics was employed for the study. Findings revealed that factors influencing intra-city travel in Ado-Ekiti were nature of work, education, religion and domestics needs while the average daily income range of intra-city commercial road transport operator in Ado-Ekiti was 3000-4000 naira. Furthermore main identified factors limiting intra-city commercial road transport operators’ productivity in the study area are; traffic congestion, peak and off peak period and poor parking space the paper concluded that, nature of work, education, religion and domestics needs are the main factors generating trip within the study area while traffic congestion, peak and off peak period and poor parking space are the main challenges confronting of intra-city commercial road transport operators in the study area. Recommendation that government and private bodies should invest in the provision of sufficient parking space within the Town to reduce the menace of poor parking space on intra-city road transport operators’ productivity and traffic control system sensitive to change in traffic density should be adopted.