Irsalina Syahirah binti Izham
Ng Choy Peng
Faridah Hanim Khairuddin
Teik Hua Law
Abstract
Intercity travel have been restricted to breakdown the chain of sporadic Covid-19. Kuala Lumpur,the capital city of Malaysia has driving the quality service to the socioeconomic in the country. With the restrictions during lockdown, all public activities and intercity travel prohibited and the the socioeconomic becomes downturn. The usage on mode choice in using public transport for travelling intercity has changed. This paper is to investigate the pattern of mode choice on public transport for travelling intercity to Kuala Lumpur pre- and post- MCO with the risk exposure of Covid-19. The data collected by questionnaire survey and analysed using Stratified Random Sampling Method. Results show that lower risk level of Covid-19 exposure more likely travelling intercity to Kuala Lumpur and majority choose bus as the mode choice of public transport. The characteristics of passengers were collected using demographic factors. This research can improve the socioeconomic to overcome the downturn during pandemic globalisation.
Keywords
Intercity Travel;Mode Choice;Covid-19;Movement Control Order;Public Transport.
