Title: Experience of the office goers regarding road traffic.

Akshay C. Jadhav, Ganesh Gholap, Roshan Alva

Introduction
India is a country with the second largest road network in the world. Out of the total stretch
of 5.4 million km of road network, almost 97,991 km is covered by national highways.
Traffic congestion is a condition on transport that is characterised by slower speeds, longer
trip times, and increased vehicular queueing. Traffic congestion on urban road networks has
become increasingly problematic since the 1950s. When traffic demand is great enough that
the interaction between vehicles slows the speed of the traffic stream, this results in some
congestion. While congestion is a possibility for any mode of transportation, this article will
focus on automobile congestion on public roads and office going people facing problems due
to traffic. The number of vehicles in India is quickly increasing as a growing middle class can
now afford to buy cars. India's road conditions have not kept up with the increase in vehicle
numbers. This traffic has caused problems in the daily life of office people.
Objectives
To understand the underlying phenomenon of “Experience of the office goers regarding road
traffic”.
Views/Reviews:
Economist Anthony Downs argues that rush hour traffic congestion is inevitable because of
the benefits of having a relatively standard work day.
Boris Kerner synchronized flow traffic phase can be used synonymously with the term
three-phase traffic theory.
Data collection:
To understand the underlying phenomena the following statements were framed and 100
persons were surveyed on Likert’s scale. The data was entered into Excel Sheet with the
coding:
Strongly Agree: 2
• Agree: 1
• Neutral: 0
• Disagree: -1
• Strongly Disagree: -2

Questions:
1) I reach late in the office
2) I get fired by the boss
3) I work late in the evening
4) I/Family suffer due to waste of time in traffic. 
5) I started using public transportation more and more.
Data analysis:

Mean 0.99 0.05 1.10 1.17 0.96

SD 0.96 1.33 0.87 0.90 1.15
SE 0.10 0.13 0.09 0.09 0.12
Z 10.33 0.38 12.64 13.01 8.32

If z > 1.96 = Strongly Agree

If 1.96 < z < -1.96 = Neutral

If z < -1.96 = Strongly Disagree

Conclusions:
1. People strongly agree that they reach late in the office. We accept statement as the Z comes
to 10.33.
2. People are neutral on their feeling of getting fired by the boss. We accept statement as the
Z comes to 0.38.
3. People strongly agree that they work till late evening. Since Z comes to 12.64.
4. People strongly feel that their family suffer due to waste of time in traffic. We accept
statement as the Z comes to 13.01.
5. People started using public transportation more and more. We accept statement as the Z
comes to 8.32.