Abstract :
Urban transportation problem has become one of the main problems faced by cities in developing countries. The rapid growth of motorization and city structure, such as mixed land-use and the increasing rate of urbanization are some causes of this phenomenon. Travel survey identifies the start and end of a trip, the trip purpose and the mode of travel as well as the socio-economic characteristics of the trip makers. Travel characteristics are very important resources that give valuable information about travel behavior of people over a period of time across the population. Household interviews were used through questionnaire survey on demographic and socio-economic characteristics in khulna metropolitan city. The results of the analysis show that people with higher income and more automobile availability make more travel than people with low income and less automobile availability. The home-based trips take the largest percentage (50%) of people in the study area.
Keyword :
Khulna Metropolitan City, Household Survey, Travel Behavior, Socio-Economic Data