Characteristics of Travel, Activities, and Action Space of Young Workers Riding Motorcycles in Developing City

Abstract

Research and knowledge about the relationship between activities and travel behaviors in developing cities have not been much explored. However, this information has proven to be very useful as an input in achieving sustainable urban transport with useroriented policies. Given this situation, it is typically assumed that people in urban areas of developing cities tend to follow behaviors of developed cities due to globalization. This study aims to elaborate the characteristics of activities and travels of young workers (employees), and to examine their action space in conducting their daily travels. An activity-based research approach was applied to young employees for one weekday and one weekend using daily reports and the GPS app on smartphones. This study found that the shape of action space of the respondents in the city tends to spread in two directions: an ellipse and a circle, with the former one more dominant. Geographical data confirmed that male and female young employees have similar shape and area width of action space. It was also found that young motorcyclist employees in developing city, likes Bandung, have similar travel pattern, regardless of type of day and monthly expenses.