ทัศนคติของประชาชนที่มีต่อปัญหาการจราจรในจังหวัดปทุมธานี และปริมณฑล

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The purposes of this research were to: 1) study the condition and cause of traffic problems, 2) study the attitudes of people towards congestion and management traffic solution, and 3) study the factors affecting people’s attitudes towards traffic problems in Pathumthani and its vicinity. The sample consisted 400 individuals of Pathumthani and its vicinity. The sample for interviewed were 10 respondents and 5 agencies involved in traffic management in Pathumthani. The tool used in this research were a questionnaire and in-depth interviews. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, F-test, correlation coefficient of Pearson, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. It was found from the study that though: the huge traffic jams during rush hours (morning and evening) are very serious but they are still manageable. The causes of traffic problems include the growth of the city increase of population, traffic planning not relevant to the area, the roads are less than cars, unskilled drivers, less buses with poor services, damaged traffic lights, less policemen, personal used car, the lack of awareness on road traffic discipline and violation of traffic rules. People attitude towards traffic problems were of a moderate level. The people with such different personal factors as; gender, education, occupation, monthly income, and marital status are not related to traffic issues while people’s ages are related to traffic issue. There are both overall and individual items with a statistical significance of .01 and .05 respectively. People attitude towards traffic problem resolutions was at a high level. But age, education, occupation, monthly income and marital status were not found to be related to traffic problem resolution, both overall and individual categories except sex was found to be related to traffic problem resolution. Traffic problem resolution was related to traffic problems in Pathumthani because traffic planning, imparting knowledge to the public can be used as a predictor for Pathumthani Province and its vicinity, approximarely 5.3% Traffic problem resolutions include cooperation in planning of both traffic officers and local government agencies, adequate traffic personal, adjustment of road users’ adtitude, respect for traffic rule, intelligence traffic system, training on traffic rules, pedestrian walkway and bicycle lane, development of public mass transportation and its services, flexitime, tax car for employers’ provision of transportation for their employees.