The study of suitability for traveling to Mahidol University international College.

Abstract

This project was conducted to study these following facts: The necessary in driving personal car to work, Solutions on traffic problem, Data to support the decision whether MUIC should offer the shuttle bus service and the solutions reducing the conflicts on the car park at MUIC. Methods: This is questionnaire survey research. All MUIC’s faculties, staff and students were enrolled in this study and up to 50% answered our questionnaire. The data were collected and then analyzed by SPSS. Result: The average age of studied samples was 21 years, 58.4% were male and 73.5% were female, 73.5% were students, 12% were staff and 4.6% were faculties. Nearly half of them (46.2%) were work or study at the college ≤ 20 hours / week. Majority (66.6%) arrive MUIC in the morning. More than half of studied samples (65.3%) drove their own cars using Pinklao-Nakornchaisri road (46%) and parked around MUIC building (40.2%). The average expense for the car’s energy is more than 3,000 baht per month. Conclusion: Most of studied samples drove to work and spent much money for energy. There was limited parking area around MUIC causing conflict among drivers. Most of them (73.4%), therefore, agreed to the solution of shuttle bus offering on the main routes: Pinklao-Nakornchaisri and Petkesem- Buddhamonton. Information from our study suggested that MUIC should provide mass transportation in the 2 main routes, especially in the morning time.