Determining The Socio-Economic Characteristics And Users' Perceptions Of Intra-Urban Public Transport System In Ayangburen Park, Ikorodu, Lagos State

Abstract

This study aimed at examining the socio-economic characteristics and users'
perceptions of public transport system from Ayangburen Taxi Park, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria. The data used were generated from the primary source. The study used the total number of passengers in ten round trips of a particular day for the sample frame. The sample size for this study was 10% of the sample frame which translated to 124 completed questionnaires. The sampling procedure entailed the identification of the motor park, selection of the cabs through the designed method and conduction of the survey directly with the passengers in order to obtain the relevant data in accordance with the structured questionnaire. Data were analysed through the descriptive (frequency tables) and inferential analyses (spearman's rank correlation coefficient). The inferential model revealed that, there is a positive
statistical significant relationship between education, age, cost and comfort.
Besides, there is a negative statistical relationship between age and employment of respondents. The study concluded with pragmatic strategies such as the provisions of more cabs, fare subsidies among others in order to provide a more sustainable public transport system in the study area.