Exploring the Determinants of Public Transport System Planning in Car-dependent Cities

This paper attempts to explore the determinants of public transport system planning based on people opinions in car-dependant cities. A survey has been conducted to collect the data for determining the people opinion of the following public transport characteristics: walking distance, mode preference, number of transfers and comfort. A questionnaire was distributed to collect this information for different age groups of Jeddah city residents. Jeddah city, the second largest city is Saudi Arabia, characterized by high car dependency and currently faces the challenges of planning effective and sustainable public transport system.