Tagum City Traffic Situation: An Assessment

AUTHOR(S)

Jovanie S. Solibio, MSCJ, RCrim

ABSTRACT

The traffic assessment analyzes the road network and provides a solution to traffic congestion in the present and future conditions. The main objective of this study was to assess the traffic situation of Tagum City in the aspect of traffic engineering, traffic education, traffic enforcement, traffic ecology, and traffic economy as perceived by the traffic personnel and motorists of the said area in the CY 2019 – 2020. Further, this was conducted to determine the significant difference in the perception of the respondents on the level of traffic situation as perceived among traffic management personnel and motorists in Tagum City.
A descriptive method of research was used with the aid of a researcher-made questionnaire as the primary source of data gathering. The research was conducted in Tagum City with 154 respondents. One hundred were motorists while 54 were Traffic Management Personnel, selected through simple random sampling. Data were gathered through a researcher-made questionnaire and analyzed, employing mean, percentage, and frequency distribution and multiple regression analysis. In terms of the profile of the respondents in age, both traffic management personnel and motorists, the majority of them were within the range of 36-44 years old. In terms of sex, the male dominates in numbers. The educational attainment of traffic management personnel and motorists vary differently. Non Commissioned Officers were higher in number than Police Commissioned Officers with 77.8% of the total number of respondents. Lastly, in terms of the length of service, those who have served less than five years have dominated the number of respondents – traffic management personnel.