Strategic interventions for improving transportation in Kandy city

Kumarage, AS; Sathyaprasad, IMS; Weerawardana, J

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dc.contributor.author	Kumarage, AS
dc.contributor.author	Sathyaprasad, IMS
dc.contributor.author	Weerawardana, J
dc.contributor.editor	Gunaruwan, TL
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-25T05:17:31Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-25T05:17:31Z
dc.date.issued	2016-06
dc.identifier.citation	Kumarage, A.S., Sathyaprasad, I.M.S., & Weerawardana, J. (2016). Strategic interventions for improving transportation in Kandy city [Extended Abstract]. In T.L. Gunaruwan (Ed.), Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016 (pp. 59-62). Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics. https://slstl.lk/r4tli-2016/	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17679
dc.description	Kandy is located in a mountainous terrain 116 km away from Colombo in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is recognised as the second-busiest city of the country with a population density of around 2,500 persons per sq.km. A sacred site for the global Buddhist community due to the situation of the Temple of Tooth, Kandy was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1988. The Kandy Municipal Area (KMA) is about 12 sq. km and bounded by the Mahaweli River on three sides and by mountains to the South. The core area of KMA, its Central Business District (CBD), is around 3 sq.km, and serves as a regional centre for culture, commerce, tourism, administration and transport. This area attracts a large number of vehicles and passengers daily, resulting in average speeds of between 4 kmph to 15 kmph on busier roads. Such low speeds in the transportation network leads to lower economic productivity in the city, and to negative social and environmental externalities. Based on the findings and recommendations in Kandy City Transport Study [1] and Kandy Transport Improvement Program [2], this paper summarises the transport issues identified and their consequences in the above context, and proposes mitigatory measures through a rational decision making methodology.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Sri Lanka Society for Transport and Logistics	en_US
dc.relation.uri	https://slstl.lk/r4tli-2016/	en_US
dc.subject	Kandy municipal area	en_US
dc.subject	Central business district	en_US
dc.subject	Land use	en_US
dc.subject	Transport demand	en_US
dc.title	Strategic interventions for improving transportation in Kandy city	en_US
dc.type	Conference-Extended-Abstract	en_US
dc.identifier.faculty	Engineering	en_US
dc.identifier.department	Department of Transport and Logistics Management	en_US
dc.identifier.year	2016	en_US
dc.identifier.conference	1st International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016	en_US
dc.identifier.place	Colombo	en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos	pp. 59-62	en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding	Proceedings of 1st Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016	en_US