KONSEP KEMUDAHSAMPAIAN DALAM PERKHIDMATAN PENGANGKUTAN AWAM: THE CONCEPT OF ACCESSIBILITY IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

SARAVANAN  SUNDARA SAKARAN; HARIFAH  MOHD NOOR

doi:10.51200/ejk.v26i1.2495

Authors

SARAVANAN SUNDARA SAKARAN Program Geografi, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, 88400 Universiti Malaysia Sabah
HARIFAH MOHD NOOR Program Geografi, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, 88400 Universiti Malaysia Sabah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/ejk.v26i1.2495

Keywords:

Accessibility, Kemudahsampaian, pengangkutan awam, aktiviti sosial, pergerakan, destinasi, ruang, analisis kandungan , public transportation, social activities, movement, content analysis , spatial

Abstract

Dalam dunia modenisasi dan globalisasi, kemudahsampaian memainkan peranan penting dalam aktiviti sosial harian. Pengangkutan awam turut memainkan peranan yang penting dalam pergerakan masyarakat dari satu destinasi ke satu destinasi yang lain. Namun, konsep kemudahsampaian mempunyai maksud yang pelbagai mengikut pernyataan-pernyataan yang diungkapkan oleh sarjana-sarjana lepas berdasarkan kedudukan geografi di sesuatu ruang. Oleh itu, objektif makalah ini adalah untuk melihat konsep kemudahsampaian secara umum yang melihat ke dalam perkhidmatan pengangkutan awam secara khusus. Kajian ini menggunakan sumber sekunder untuk menerangkan konsep kemudahsampaian secara umum yang khusus dalam perkhidmatan pengangkutan awam. Antara sumber sekunder digunakan dalam kajian ini adalah seperti artikel jurnal, buku, tesis, dan laporan. Maka, analisis kandungan diimplementasikan dalam kajian ini adalah untuk merungkaikan konsep kemudahsampaian pengangkutan awam secara mendalam. Hasil kajian ini mendapati konsep kemudahsampaian pengangkutan awam dipengaruhi oleh beberapa aspek-aspek seperti sosial, ekonomi dan politik. Implikasi kajian ini boleh dibahagikan kepada dua bahagian iaitu; implikasi kepada ilmu pengetahuan dan implikasi dari sudut praktikal untuk membantu perancang polisi dan pembuat keputusan memahami konsep kemudahsampaian pengangkutan awam dengan lebih mendalam supaya polisi pengangkutan awam dapat dirangka dengan mengambil kira indikator kemudahsampaian pada masa hadapan.

In the world of modernization and globalization, accessibility plays an important role in daily social activities. Public transportation also plays an important role in the movement of people from one place to another. However, the concept of accessibility has different meanings based on statements made by previous scholars based on the geographical position of a particular space. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to look at the concept of accessibility in general and the mode of public transportation services is to be looked into in particular. This study uses secondary sources to explain the concept of accessibility in general and the mode of public transportation services specifically. Among the secondary sources used in this study are journal articles, books, theses, and reports. Therefore, content analysis was implemented in this study to unravel the concept of public transportation accessibility in depth. The results of this study found that the concept of public transportation accessibility is influenced by several aspects such as social, economy and politic. The implications of this study can be divided into two parts namely; the implications of body of knowledge and the implication on the view of practical points in order to contribute help to policy planners and decision makers to better understand the concept of public transportation accessibility so that the future formulation of policies could be enacted with taking the indicator of public transportation accessibility into account.

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