Office Trip Comfort Perception Based on Passenger Travel Behavior: A Case Study in Uttara Satellite Town

Abstract

This research is an attempt to study daily office trip of office going people and to find the trip comfort perception based on the travel behavior. Everyday different types of modes are used by the office going people for home to office or office to home travel. There are some factors that influence to choose mode for office trip. Therefore, the exploration of existing travel pattern of office going people is necessary to understand the existing condition and factors influencing modal choice of office trip and the comfort level to use their office trip by different modes. The study was conducted in 14 sectors of Uttara Satellite town. Office going people are the target population for this research. Sample size of this research was 380 i.e. 380 office going people were quarried one by one as per data collection tool. Office trip related primary data has been collected from the respondents through questionnaire survey. This study discovers the existing travel pattern scenario of the office going people. Walking, bicycle, motorbike, private car, public bus, office bus, CNG, rickshaw etc. are being used as transport mode for office going people’s trips from home to office or office to home. 15.53% office going people feel extremely uncomfortable. 22.63% feel very uncomfortable, 20.53% feel slightly uncomfortable or medium, 22.89% feel comfortable and 18.42% feel very comfortable in using their present mode for office trips. The findings of the study can be helpful for office authority, urban planners, and other policy makers to understand the structural and behavioral conditions necessary for office going people to choose different modes of transportation according to their comfort perception.