FACTORS INFLUENCING ROAD TRAFFIC DELAY: DRIVERS’ PERSPECTIVES AND LOSS OF MAN-HOUR ALONG LAGOS-ABEOKUTA EXPRESSWAY, LAGOS, NIGERIA
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2017
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Published by the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
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This study examined drivers’ perception of road traffic delay attributes and factors influencing road traffic delay with a view to assessing loss of man hours along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. This view translated to policy statements that can tremendously reduce the road traffic delay in the study area. The study employed primary and secondary sources of data. The primary data were collected through questionnaire administration, traffic volume survey and direct field observation while the secondary data were obtained from past relevant journals, textbooks among others. The sample frame evolved from an average of 3 day traffic volume survey, which translated into 17,647 drivers between 7am - 7pm in the study area. The sample size was 117 (0.007%) as the purposive sampling technique was adopted. The frequency tables and likert scale outputs were adopted for data analyses. The study found that most drivers along this road were majorly (75.2%) young educated working adults while the trips made accounted for the concentration of work and after-work trips along this road. The study revealed that traffic delay along the road was largely due to indiscreet use of bus-stops, bad roads condition, drivers’ recklessness with DAI values of 4.70, 3.77 and 3.41 respectively using a 5 Point Likert Scale. This study established that a total of 2,920 ‘man-hours’ is lost annually on this road due to road traffic delay as the daily accumulated estimate for man hour loss is given as 8 hours per day. The strict enforcement and monitoring of proper usage of bus-stops and prompt rehabilitation of bad roads are needed among other recommendations.
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Road Traffic Delay, Drivers’ Perspectives, Man-Hour Loss
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25. Bako, A. I. and Agunloye, O. O. (2017). Factors Influencing Road Traffic Delay: Drivers’ Perspectives and Loss of Man-Hour Along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Lagos, Nigeria. Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management, K. Singh (Ed.), 10(5): 618-628. Published by the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia