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The research on females' passengers towards the effectiveness of "ladies coach" of KTM Berhad

Women-only passenger cars are railway or subway cars intended for women only.They are intended for women only and offered on some trains in Iran, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Egypt, India and Dubai. This is to provide more comfort and security to women and protect them from...

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Main Authors: Tan, Hui Shan, Anuar, Nur Khairiel
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2012
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HE Transportation and Communications
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spelling my.uum.repo.85042016-04-21T02:59:06Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/8504/ The research on females' passengers towards the effectiveness of "ladies coach" of KTM Berhad Tan, Hui Shan Anuar, Nur Khairiel HE Transportation and Communications Women-only passenger cars are railway or subway cars intended for women only.They are intended for women only and offered on some trains in Iran, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Egypt, India and Dubai. This is to provide more comfort and security to women and protect them from “sexual harassment and jostling with male passengers” and cope up with the demands and travel behaviour of women in this globalization era at the same time.Women made more trips in fulfilling their roles in household and workforce industry.Malaysia, a country of 27.7 million inhabitants and a working age population of 17.6 million.Almost half the working age population (49.1%) is comprised of women.Therefore, their safety in travelling by public transportation is the main concerns.This could be done by providing women with secured transit environment and comfort rides.The implementation of “ladies coach” by KTM Berhad is the very first step in fulfilling women’s transit safety needs.This study provides a comprehensive evaluation on the effectiveness of “ladies coach” in achieving its goals and recommendations for improvements in the futures. 2012-12 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/8504/1/p1553.pdf Tan, Hui Shan and Anuar, Nur Khairiel (2012) The research on females' passengers towards the effectiveness of "ladies coach" of KTM Berhad. In: Simposium Pengurusan Teknologi, Operasi & Logistik (SIPTIK III), 11-12 Disember 2012, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
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The research on females' passengers towards the effectiveness of "ladies coach" of KTM Berhad
description Women-only passenger cars are railway or subway cars intended for women only.They are intended for women only and offered on some trains in Iran, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Egypt, India and Dubai. This is to provide more comfort and security to women and protect them from “sexual harassment and jostling with male passengers” and cope up with the demands and travel behaviour of women in this globalization era at the same time.Women made more trips in fulfilling their roles in household and workforce industry.Malaysia, a country of 27.7 million inhabitants and a working age population of 17.6 million.Almost half the working age population (49.1%) is comprised of women.Therefore, their safety in travelling by public transportation is the main concerns.This could be done by providing women with secured transit environment and comfort rides.The implementation of “ladies coach” by KTM Berhad is the very first step in fulfilling women’s transit safety needs.This study provides a comprehensive evaluation on the effectiveness of “ladies coach” in achieving its goals and recommendations for improvements in the futures.
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author Tan, Hui Shan
Anuar, Nur Khairiel
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title The research on females' passengers towards the effectiveness of "ladies coach" of KTM Berhad
title_short The research on females' passengers towards the effectiveness of "ladies coach" of KTM Berhad
title_full The research on females' passengers towards the effectiveness of "ladies coach" of KTM Berhad
title_fullStr The research on females' passengers towards the effectiveness of "ladies coach" of KTM Berhad
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