eprintid: 4530
rev_number: 5
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datestamp: 2024-07-02 12:07:32
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type: thesis
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sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Tongeren, Jeffrey van
creators_id: S4478827
creators_email: j.r.van.tongeren@student.rug.nl
title: The perceived mobility of towns with a contrast in bus frequency
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Perceived mobility based on bus frequency may be different depending on which town is studied. Some towns may be named as low-frequency towns, with one bus per hour passing by. Other towns may be named as high-frequency towns and have multiple buses per hour visiting. The research aim is to understand if this inequality in frequency leads to a difference in perceived mobility. In this study, 24 towns were selected in the Dutch province of Groningen with 12 per frequency group and a survey on perceived mobility and potential measures against inequality of bus frequencies was performed, thus using a quantitative approach. The results show that there is a visible difference in perceived mobility. Respondents from low-frequency towns would prefer an increase in bus frequency, but respondents from high-frequency towns will not accept a lower frequency. Low-frequency towns are more patient but also more pessimistic regarding new possibilities and feel less mobile in comparison to high-frequency towns. A probable solution to help decrease the difference in perceived mobility is to provide more rural buses, which is thought to be reasonably possible by a majority of respondents from both groups.
date: 2024
pages: 26
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: SGP
tutors_name: Oosterhoff, A.T.
tutors_name: Frentz-Gollnitz, M.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Demografie
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Demografie
tutors_email: A.T.Oosterhoff@rug.nl
tutors_email: m.frentz-goellnitz@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: Perceived mobility
keywords_local: Bus
keywords_local: Province of Groningen
keywords_local: Rural-rural
keywords_local: Public transport
keywords_local: Inequality of mobility
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2024-06-28
comment: This is not my best work.
citation:   Tongeren, Jeffrey van  (2024) The perceived mobility of towns with a contrast in bus frequency.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4530/1/Bachelor---Final-Thesis.pdf