The readiness of UMS resident to implement congestion charging in Kota Kinabalu city centre

• Main Author: Fariq Ismeth Jaimin
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: HE331-380 Traffic engineering. Roads and highways. Streets
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41688/1/24%20PAGES.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41688/2/FULLTEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41688/

Kota Kinabalu is a developing city on the West Coast of Sabah which is facing the consequences of the exponential increase in population and motorisation. As more vehicles are on the road, so does the severity of the congestion. This causes a chain reaction that not only will damage the city’s traffic flow but will inevitably cause damage to the environment as well. This aims to develop a model based on the readiness of Universiti Malaysia Sabah residents to implement congestion charging in Kota Kinabalu. There are several cities in the world such as London, Milan and, neighbouring Singapore that have successfully implemented the congestion charging system. These cities have also proved that congestion charging can reduce the number of vehicles on the road. A total of 402 respondents were collected using a stated preference survey method within Universiti Malaysia Sabah. From this study, it was discovered that the Singapore model of adjusting price based on the Level of Service and enforcement using RFID technology is the most advanced, and charging based on vehicle emission has a faster diminishing return as discovered in Milan. From the survey data, the model was developed and was revealed that increase in price for the congestion charge does reduce the number of people willing to drive.