TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Professional Green Building Council

Theme B: Creating a livable, healthy and environmentally viable citiesCity Buses 35-60 8,177 288,036,000 6,623,370,000Microbus/ 12 5,519 238,400,000 2,384,208,000VanExpress 100 47 472,320 28,350,000BoatMRT- 1,000 44 1,944,000 972,000,000SubwayMotorcycle 2 50,000 28,800,000 57,600,000TaxisPrivate 4 1,700,000 1,834,560,000 3,672,000,000CarsMotorcycles 2 2,300,000 1,490,400,000 1,490,400,000Source: Thanaprayochsak, 2005Table 5 and 6, it is apparent that city buses and private car users are potentialshareholders in the issue of alleviating congestion problems and air quality issues.Prior to taking this action, expansion of excellent but affordable public transportand integration of all public transport modes with smooth transit systems areindisputable to compensate for the comfort that has been sacrificed by private carsusers. The elevated light rail and the subway have shown encouraging signs thatsome car uses have changed to these transport modes. This is very visibly indicatedby popularity of the park and ride facilities near some railway stations. Therefore,the park-and-ride system needs more promotion and expansion to attract more carusers to mass transit systems.7. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS7.1 Activities and Travel in 3 Sub AreasThis study of activity-based approaches is based on the work day and holidaybehavior for leisure trips by analysis of daily life travel behavior and also analysisof the relationship between residential locations, urban facilities, and the locationof the activity, trip distances, activity participation and journey frequency in the 3sub-areas. For some facility types, the results almost always show that commuterschoose the closest facility because the various facilities are more or less equal(such as post offices) or have regulated catchment areas (such as social security248