TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES IN SEAT VILLE
Transportation had been a significant challenge that has increased and affected the city of seat Ville more tangibly. Over the past years, motor vehicles have occupied the highest share of transport, attributed to various severe impacts in day-to-day life. In the city of seat Ville, the transportation problem has been on a significant rise where mobility factor has been adversely affected. Thus there is a need to assess how well the city transportation system can be made sustainable to facilitate more comfortable transportation across the entire network. Below is a comprehensive challenge that has led to transportation concern that needs to be addressed for the mayor and the city council members identify the vital mode of transportation to be given high consideration in the enhancement of sustainable transportation system in the city of seat Ville.
Firstly, due to population change in terms of the growth, there has been a significant challenge affecting the transport system mode in this city. Increased population leads to congestion hindering the mobility aspect, which deteriorates economic growth as well in the town. Many have been forced to purchase their vehicles in the city, which has increased congestion and an increased rate of accidents as the transport system cannot sustain the increased population (Suresh,2020). This mode of transport has relatively occupied more significant space in the city, thus calling for more strategies to be put in place to curb this aspect. This became a significant consideration aspect in terms of expanding the infrastructural development within the city.
Secondly, public transport vehicles have increased so that the city’s level of congestion has dramatically risen given that the number of bus station within the town is minimal. This issue causes slow movement as the narrow roads are occupied by buses, which has increased noise and air pollution within the city. Further increases in the number of buses will imply that the city mobility and transport sustainability will be at risk since the transport system cannot hold the rising buses (Sumathi,2013). Thus, this becomes a threat even o investors who fear being delayed in service delivery, thus reducing city revenue collection.
Thirdly, an increase in the number of motorcycles and the number of commuters who are using the same road and other modes of transport has increased long commuting time from individuals’ homes to their respective places of works. This aspect hinders productivity as more time is spent on the roads, which could have been utilized for production purposes. Longer time spends on commuting could as well been spent on social activities.
Lastly, the lack of paths for motorcycles and pedestrians has majorly impaired various transport modes within the city. There are footpaths created to allow pedestrians to reduce their involvement on the main road, reducing accidents congestion in the streets (Salmon et al.,2012). Most modes of transport are adversely affected due to limited development in terms of infrastructural progress. The introduction of a path could exacerbate congestion on the roads.
In conclusion, for the city mayor and the council to determine the city’s best budget allocation in terms of mode of transportation. It is clear from the above report that more roads outlet should be developed to ease congestion in the town in that more roads will means less commuting time on the streets. Improvement in the introduction of footpaths could see that pedestrians reduce congestion in the streets and create paths where motorcycles can ease congestion as well in the city.
The probabilities and the relative frequency for each mode of transportation is below;
| Mode of transport | frequency | Relative frequency | probability |
| Persona car | 850 | 0.6773 | 0.6773 |
| Public transport | 200 | 0.1594 | 0.1594 |
| Bicycle | 5 | 0.0040 | 0.0040 |
| walking | 50 | 0.0398 | 0.0398 |
| motorcycle | 150 | 0.1195 | 0.1195 |
| Total | 1255 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 |
The probability and frequency table shows that the private car mode of transportation has the highest likelihood and frequency value. These imply that most of the population of people in this city uses personal cars as their mode of transport compared to others with a value of 0.6773. followed by the public transport with 0.1594, then the motorcycle with 0.1195, and last walking and bicycle with 0.0398, 0.0040 respectively.
The relative frequency for each mode of transportation;
| Mode of transport | frequency | Relative frequency |
| Persona car | 850 | 0.68 |
| Public transport | 200 | 0.16 |
| Bicycle | 5 | 0.00 |
| walking | 50 | 0.04 |
| motorcycle | 150 | 0.12 |
| Total | 1255 | 1.00 |
The above table shows that about 68% of the population uses the personal car for transport. It means that this is the commonly used mode of and thus, more consideration should be made on how this mode of transport could aid in the movement of people as a sustainable transport system. Therefore, I would recommend that any budgetary allocation being planned, personal cars should be given the highest priority. Exclusive car lanes should be developed in place to facilitate faster and less congestion on the roads.
In addition to this, I would recommend that more highways be created for cars exclusively over the regions where traffic intensity is at peak.
References
Suresh, S., Renukappa, S., Abdul-Aziz, A. R., Paloo, Y., & Jallow, H. (2020). Developments in the UK road transport from a smart cities perspective. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management.
Sumathi, M. N. (2013). HR Challenges Faced by Road Transportation Service Providers In Tamilnadu. Handbook Of Management, Technology, And Social Sciences.
Salmon, P. M., McClure, R., & Stanton, N. A. (2012). Road transport in drift? Applying contemporary systems thinking to road safety. Safety Science, 50(9), 1829-1838.