Abstract
1- Introduction
2- Obtaining alternative solutions through mobility management
3- Transposing constraints into feasible alternative solutions by using intermodal passenger transport
4- Theory of Constraints – The Thinking Processes
5- Discussion and conclusions
References
Abstract
Rural population migration in the urban area attracts a high rate of mobility, especially in cities with university centers and renowned companies. The emergence of these transitions also generates some saturation problems, such as socio-economic and social issues. The need for improvement in transport services are mandatory to change the travel behaviour. This paper provides solutions and ways to improve public transport services by using intermodal passenger transport. Transport services for the population need to be met at a higher level, both quantitatively and qualitatively. The paper illustrates the steps of integrating the Theory of Constraints Thinking Process (TOCTP) by diagnosing the problems encountered, designing the solution plan, and integrating the solution plan to resolve constraints. The paper explains how the TOCTP application detects reliable solutions to solve urban population saturation problems by identifying alternatives to public transport mobility benefits using intermodal passenger transport.
Introduction
Using excessively of vehicles over the last decade has led to pollution effects on the population and, implicitly, on the environment. Discussions on environmental issues, such as the big debates on global warming, carbon dioxide emissions, fuel burning, have concluded that the use of motor vehicles on the road should be limited. The increase in the number of private vehicles continues to cause traffic jams in major cities, while public transport is still trying to increase the number of users. In the past 20 years, urban areas have seen a dramatic rise as a result of the rapid population and world economy growth has been transformed by a combination of rapid technological and political change. [1] Cities dictate an increasingly dominant role in the global economy as centers of production and consumption. The rapid growth of cities exceeds capacity to provide adequate services to their citizens. [2] For Timisoara, if we refer to transport services, they require continuous improvement for the comfort, the duration and safety of all residents. Rural population migration in the urban area attracts a high rate of mobility, especially in cities with university centers and renowned companies as they are found in the Timisoara city. This trend clearly stands for cities in developing countries, by attracting young population eager to gain a quality education in order to guarantee entry into the labor market. The university centers offer free transport for students and companies have gradually focused on the services quality and employee satisfaction by offering them different services, namely the public transportation settlement. This solution solves many problems (eg. reducing traffic congestion, noise pollution and energy consumption), because individual transport can be used less. [3]