A STUDY ON PASSENGERS' PERCEPTION ABOUT ROAD TRANSPORT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO KOLHAPUR DISTRICT

Passengers’ Road transport is the lifeline for any village, city, state and nation. In Maharashtra Road transport of passengers is mainly through government buses run by Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC). Although MSRTC has a monopoly for commuting of passengers, people also use unauthorised vehicles like shared auto, shared taxi etc. for their travel. It has been observed that passengers need to use multiple vehicles to reach their destination while choosing unauthorised transport options. Present Study is conducted to analyse the perception of the passengers about the use of multiple vehicles for travelling. The area covered under research is Kolhapur District for the opinion survey. Researcher considered sample size as 400 out of which 184 respondents supported use of multiple vehicles whereas 216 respondents supported use of multiple vehicles. However when both results are compared to each other, the perception about the use of either does not have significant difference. Hence the author concluded that a certain percentage out of the total number of passengers will prefer only government bus services whereas the other one will use unauthorised vehicles.