The impacts of Covid-19 pandemic on road transportation (A study of Rivers Joy Transportation Company Port Harcourt, Rivers State)
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2024-08
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Federal University of Technology, Owerri
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic resulting in significant disruptions to road transport operations worldwide. This study on Rivers Joy Transport Company operations in Port Harcourt city, Nigeria tries to look at how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the company’s operations and income, and how this two parameters significantly affected the organization during the pandemic, causing operational disruptions and financial challenges for the company. It is however noted that Road transport system is closely related to socio-economic changes in the society, as it is concerned with the mobility of people, freight and services from one point to the other. The major actors in this business are the drivers and the passengers. The aim of this study was to assess the impacts of COVID-19 on the incomes and operations of Rivers Joy Transportation Company during the pandemic. The study area was Port Harcourt city and its metropolis, located in the south southern part of Nigeria. The major factors considered were incomes, operations of the company during the pandemics, using the numbers of trips and vehicles/drivers available at the time to form the sample frame for this study. The study used a survey design method with the help of a structured questionnaire. Two hundred copies of the questionnaire were distributed to the parks and registered terminals used for this study. One hundred and forty-two of this copies were eventually correctly filled and returned for analysis. Findings revealed that the pandemic has a significant positive impact on the incomes of company at 5% significance level (β1= 126.5 p<0.05). It is recommended that transportation policy in the case of road transport should be strengthened to ensure strict compliance by all users of the road.
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This thesis is for the award of Master of Science in Transport Planning and Management Technology
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Road, transport, COVID-19, pandemic, income, operations, vehicles, economy, goods, travel, disease, virus, passengers, Department of Transport Management
Citation
Elechi, C. P. (2014). The impacts of Covid-19 pandemic on road transportation (A study of Rivers Joy Transportation Company Port Harcourt, Rivers State(Unpublished Master's Thesis). Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria