[sustran] Autorickshaw passengers survey in Bangalore

Puttanna S. Honaganahalli psh at isec.ac.in
Thu May 20 17:10:06 JST 2004


Hi Folks

I have been a silent observor all these days but time has now come to seek your assistance in a little exercise that I am undertaking, here, in Bangalore, India.

Well, you may all know that Bangalore, the IT capital of the world, has a transport problem, but it doesn't have experts like you to tell us what needs to be done to fix the situation. (Not that our "babus" (bureuacrats) will listen to everything experts have to say, but that's a topic for another day). Anyways, in addition to being an air quality specialist, I am trying to double up as a travel demand management person, as well.

I will be conducting an emission study of our auto-rickshaws in Bangalore and I need to keep the passengers cheerful and not get restless and impatient while the autorickshaw is undergoing the test. And, I thought it was also a golden opportunity to interview the passengers and get an answer to the question "why Bangaloreans choose auto-rickshaw over public transport to meet their travel needs". So, I am thinking of surveying the passengers while the autorickshaw emission is being tested.

Since I am doing the survey for the first time I am a little uncertain of the kind of questions to ask. Any help you can offer will be highly appreciated. Or, if you have a questionnaire which may serve as a template for me to develop my own, that's even great.


Thanks

Puttanna S. Honaganahalli Ph.D. 
Ecological Economics Unit, Institute for Social and Economics Change (ISEC)
Nagarabhavi, Bangalore 560 072
India

Phone: 91-80-2321-5468 x120
Fax: 91-80-2321-7008
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