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seham alarnab aljohara alsaud 18.3.2012 transportation in riyadh abstract transportation service which is available for use by the general public in riyadh may cause problems that government can overcome it like traffic and accidents population is one of the main reasons that cause the problem although government has provided public transportation and expand in it and build the new roads but it did not fulfill the citizens needs regardless to those who have private cars university students claimed that they face traffic every day and they re not using public transportation because its not comfortable not clean and also having private cars they also said that if transportation in the city of riyadh was widely useful they would use it to reduce traffic as much as possible it must focus on developing transportation like underground subways useful taxies and luxury buses introduction transportation is an important element that we need in life and it plays an important role in our daily lives transportation discuss many issues as its helpful to move people from place to another it also has bad effects on the society and the environment harhay 2007 saudi economy is doing whatever it takes to reduce traffic in planning the new roads toth 2011 also government has provided public transportation and expands in it because traffic congestion has been increasing worldwide as a result of population growth kwang 2012 new inventions have been explored called intelligent transportation systems like navigation and traffic 1

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seham alarnab aljohara alsaud 18.3.2012 signal control system public transportation has found to set clear to people that private cars have not prevented traffic but increased the risks of traffic accidents moridpour 2009 urban countries nowadays depend on savings because of the life expenses abroad you are charged for parking and must follow million other rules like china rong 2010 methodology we are alfaisal university students we did a research about the subject transportation in riyadh we used an online survey tool called free online survey http freeonlinesurveys.com/s.asp?sid=g3ug6t7z6d5k4jt9678 a questionnaire survey was carried out from 24 february ­ 4 march 2012 the questionnaires were distributed to a total of 50 university students in saudi arabia both genders we used our library school program as an academic research materials we dealt with are economic politics and public distribution of roads the way samples were gathered is connected and each data completes the other one and it makes sense together we extrapolated the statistical methods and empirical facts used by sun rong and yao 2010 december to measure the transfer efficiency of urban public transportation results both university genders have answered our survey questions but the amount of the 2

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seham alarnab aljohara alsaud 18.3.2012 females was more than the males people from different universities answered between private and public universities in ksa the number of the students who use public transportation when going to university is very few students claimed that the reason they don t use public transportation is that it s not comfortable and another reasons like having private cars they cleared that if public transportation was widely useful in the city they may use a bus or other most of the students take to reach university approximately 20 to 30 minutes most of them go every day to university and usually face problems with traffic a big number of students agrees on public transportation is not useful in riyadh discussion the studies in our research that rules to transportation were profound not only about traffics and public transportation but about politics economics and health the results that have been showed were depended on our output expectations it was shown in the graphs in responsible rates and we discovered that it only used by the few people who don t have private cars in addition that it s not comfortable safe or even clean but if it was useful and there is variety of it and it s getting the focus of the importance from the government the would use it widely actually what made us get into this subject is because it s the news of the year we knew about it through newspapers and we have seen the change in the road project planning in riyadh through our survey we made sure that our theoretical consideration is applied to others who are the university students we change the graphs that describe the outputs and rates because of the large amount of people who joined in answering the survey different unsettled results were encountered in doing the graphs because of the 3

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seham alarnab aljohara alsaud 18.3.2012 changing in he actual results like do you agree to charge for parking s and how long it takes you to reach university · figure 1 shows that average of the females was more than half the males who answered the survey · au and ksu were the highest average of university students who answered the survey figure 2 · · almost 88 of university student do not use public transportation figure 3 people don t use public transportation the most because it s not comfortable and other reasons figure 4 · · if public transportation were widely available they would use busses figure 5-11 most of university students take approximately 16-30 minutes to reach university figure 6 · · huge average of university students go to university every day figure 7 people agree and other disagrees on charges for parking but the overwhelming disagrees figure 8 · most of people usually have problems with traffic every time they go to university figure 9 · most of students claimed on that public transportation is not useful in riyadh figure 10 in our study we are looking forward to encourage the government to look at the topic in mind and put their interest and means in transport development to benefit citizens and society 4

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seham alarnab aljohara alsaud 18.3.2012 conclusion in conclusion transportation in riyadh must be organized and more luxury to comfort the citizens to achieve their needs in terms of utility because riyadh is one of the most ancient cities that needs to focus on transportation developments riyadh for sure does care about traffics that are why they re planning new roads we want also a permanent solution which is new and smart transports like underground subways and big comfortable buses to carry people specially university students and also school students because they are the main reason that causes the big traffic issues we hope from the government to address this subject and give it the importance because we believe it will solve a lot of problems annotated bibliography 1 arthur terrance m harhay,b dayna m guerini n 2007,feb transportation and large environmental effects journal of health protection 70 280-286 http web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?sid=48246cea-512f-4b07-b06236ca059ca5b3%40sessionmgr13&vid=8&hid=14&bdata=jnnpdgu9zwhvc3qtbgl 2zq%3d%3d#db=aph&an=24373727 transportation plays an important role in our daily life traffic and smoke can affect our health and the blood cycle in our bodies new study is working on reducing the negative effects by innovation created to cars to protect our environment we need this information to think about critical ways to cut this problem because we are the ones who are creating this unhealthy environment we have to get rid of the mixed and the poisoned gases that we are breathing every day 2 gary t 2011,spring conscious transportation policy new atlantis journal of technology and society 31 p46 http web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=22&hid=14&sid=48246cea-512f-4b07b06236ca059ca5b3%40sessionmgr13&bdata=jnnpdgu9zwhvc3qtbgl2zq%3d%3d#db =aph&an=63582496 5

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seham alarnab aljohara alsaud 18.3.2012 place -conscious transportation policy is document that shows an agreement that you have made with an insurance company however possible the agreement it s now processed and also discussed transportation policy supposed to reduce locality resistance and now open the conversation but still hope it became good for communities and the economic we need this information to follow economics and to be introduced to the new transportation policies that are applying 3 kwang sik k 2012,april exploring transportation planning habitat international 35 286-294 http web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=11&hid=14&sid=48246cea-512f-4b07b06236ca059ca5b3%40sessionmgr13&bdata=jnnpdgu9zwhvc3qtbgl2zq%3d%3d#db =aph&an=57368305 traffic congestion has been increasing worldwide as a result of population growth and the changes in population intelligent transport systems vary in technologies applied from basic management systems such as car navigation and traffic signal control system we used this information to keep on track with the latest developments nowadays and to be familiar with the new technologies invented in terms of reducing traffic and in roads new planning 4 moridpour s 2009 june traffic flows in transportation journal of urban planning and development 135 56-65 http web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=14&hid=14&sid=48246cea-512f-4b07b06236ca059ca5b3%40sessionmgr13&bdata=jnnpdgu9zwhvc3qtbgl2zq%3d%3d#db =aph&an=39786282 transportation service which is available for use by the general public as distinct from modes such as buses or taxicabs which reduce the traffic of the streets and fill the people s needs in term of utility private cars have not prevented traffic but increased the risk of the traffic accidents public transport maybe provided by one or more private transport operators not only by government we need this information to support using public transportation whether bus taxi or other way of public deliveries 6

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seham alarnab aljohara alsaud 18.3.2012 5 sun l rong j yao l 2010,december measuring transfer efficiency of urban public transportation journal of urban planning and development 136 314-319 http web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=20&hid=14&sid=48246cea-512f-4b07b06236ca059ca5b3%40sessionmgr13&bdata=jnnpdgu9zwhvc3qtbgl2zq%3d%3d#db =aph&an=55200847 transportation has developed in a fast way the study shows that in urban countries nearly half of the population is using public transportation between buses and subways urban countries nowadays depend on savings because of the life issues abroad you have to charge for the parking and million other rules for those who own private cars we need this information to know what is going on around the world in different countries like china and other survey transportation in riyadh please answer the questions below we are alfaisal university students doing a project on riyadh s transportation and we need your feedback 1 are you o male o female 2 witch university do you attend o au o dau o ksu o pnu o psu o yu o other 3 do you go to university using public transportation o yes o no a if no why not o not clean o not comfortable o not safe 7

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seham alarnab aljohara alsaud 18.3.2012 o other b if yes what transportation does you use most often o bus o taxi o other 4 how long do you usually take to reach university o 0-15 minutes o 16-30 minutes o 31-45 minutes o 46-60 minutes o more than an hour 5 how often do you drive to university o every day o three days per week o once a week 6 there should be charges for parking to cover the cost of car parking o yes o no 7 do you have problems with traffic every time you go to university o always o usually o never 8 is public transportation useful in riyadh o yes o no 9 would you be more likely to use public transport if it were available o yes o no 8

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