*Guest Faculty, Department of Management Studies, Madurai Kamaraj University, Palkalai Nagar, Madurai - 625 021. Email: yaaminidevi@rediffmail.com
**MBA I Year, Department of Management Studies, Madurai Kamaraj University, Palkalai Nagar, Madurai -625 021. Email: sweetysabi12@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 13 February, 2014.
The researcher has done a study titled "A study on the Passenger's Perception towards Share auto as an Intermediate public transport vehicle in Madurai city". In the current scenario, Maduraiites started to commute by share autos and it is reported in Newspapers and face book that share auto drivers violate traffic rules and are the causation of accidents in Madurai city.Therefore researcher attempted to study the passenger respondents opinion on the safety of share auto as it is considered as public transport vehicle. The Primary Objective is to study the Passenger's perception towards share auto as an Intermediate public transport vehicle in Madurai city.
The study was focused on the opinion of the passenger respondents and the drivers of the share auto. The sample size of the passenger respondents was 100 and the share auto drivers were 50 in number. The opinion was obtained through direct and indirect interview and questionnaire method. The study revealed that 57% of the passenger respondents feel that share autos are not safe to travel though 53% of the passenger respondents commute in share auto on a daily basis. Suggestions were given for the District administration to ensure passengers travel in the share auto in a safe manner.
Perception, Intermediate transport vehicle, share auto, safety, public transport
