Public Transport Satisfaction

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This element, particularly in the Middle Eastern cultures, where the social & cultural life has been formed in a manner that societal communication with other people improves the society, is more important (Naseer, 2002). Even though satisfaction has been well-defined as the difference between anticipation and enactment, but there are dissimilarities between quality and satisfaction. For example, Parasuraman (1988) argues that satisfaction is a conclusion made after experience while quality is not the same. On the other hand, in satisfaction literature, expectations for goods is “would”, while in service quality literature, expectations for goods is “should”. Cadotte (1988) has introduced another group of elements known as neutral factors. …show more content…

New services are being developed and old ones are being improved. However, an increase in supply will not automatically lead to a corresponding increase in demand and satisfaction (Fujii& Kitamura, 2003 and Mackett& Edwards, …show more content…

The aim of this study is to investigate whether or not more public transport results in more satisfied citizens. By more, we mean any increase in the objective service supply, for instance, an increase in the number of bus departures, a new metro line, or new vehicles. The objective is to fill the identified knowledge gap by analyzing the objective supply of public transport and its relationship with the satisfaction levels reported by travelers. Public transport should become part of a solution for sustainable transport in the future. However, in order to keep and attract more passengers, public transport must have high service quality to satisfy and fulfill more wide range of different customer’s needs (Oliver, 1980 and Anable, 2005). Another situation that causes traffic congestion is mix road use between motorized and non-motorized vehicle, which is very common in Kathmandu valley. There is an intense competition for road space and traffic does not operate in good order. Lane discipline is low and even nonexistent for motorcyclists. Motorcycles, making up the majority in the traffic fleet and dictate how traffic

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