Analysis between the Difference in Passenger Traffic in MRT Line 3

during Weekdays and Weekends from Cubao Station

MA. JANELLE A. ESPINA, ANN LORRAINE C. GARCIA, HANNA JOY G. LASI
CE 2103
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

1. INTRODUCTION congested railway in Metro Manila and it was

previously serving more than half-a-million
Further growth and development is taking place passengers per day in 2015, when queues were
in different countries today, especially the already long, and the trains were constantly jam-
Philippines as it tries to keep up with the packed during peak revenue hours. The line is
developed countries. As cities and their suburbs the busiest among Metro Manila's three fast
increases their density, local communities tend to travel lines. Despite the fact that the line is
spread far and wide from the centers of the planned for lessening traffic congestion and
region which is one of the contributing factors to travel time along EDSA, the transportation
urban sprawl, the demand for accessible and framework has just been incompletely fruitful
convenient modes of transport increases. because of the DOTC's inaction on the private
segment's proposition to extend the limit of the
Transportation systems and the routes framework to take up to 1.1 million travelers per
have greatly influenced both how and where day. Growing the system's ability to oblige the
people live. Reliable transportation allows a rising number of travelers is at present set on
population to expand throughout a country's handling this issue.
territory and to live comfortably in remote areas
far from factories and farms. Traffic congestion According to The Manila Times, when
is a common issue which occurs on streets that the Department of Transportation took over the
make traffic occupied in light of the fact streets operations of Metro Rail Transit thinking they
loaded with autos and transports. Approximately, could do a better job of handling the railway than
traffic blockage happens at top occasions toward the private sector. The situation has deteriorated
the beginning of the day or night when since then. The system is down to six trains,
individuals are heading out to school or work. In woefully inadequate to service the more than half
Metro Manila, both passengers and private a million passengers who depend on the MRT3
vehicle owners suffer every day from the every day to take them to work and back home.
massive and extremely expensive traffic. Senator As a result, the long queues grew even longer,
Paolo Benigno Aquino, citing a study by the making the already miserable Metro Manila
Japan International Cooperation Agency, said commute even more unbearable. The researchers
that heavy traffic in Metro Manila would result found that total waiting time contributes
in economic losses worth P2,4 billion every day, significantly to commuting stress, while mental
and that figure could reach P6 billion by 2030, if adaptation reduces it.
the government fails to address heavy traffic.
And though every Filipinos are affected by the Day-to-day variability in demand leads
congestion, study shows that lower-income to some days with higher traffic volumes than
households will be most affected as traffic others; optional excursions are higher as the end
deteriorates by 2030, as at least 20 percent of of the week draws near. In such, weekday travel
their monthly household income is projected to can be more than 60 percent higher than Sunday
be spent on transportation. travel. On weekdays, the pattern toward highway
travel later in the week (Thursdays and Fridays)
Metro Rail Transit (MRT) is one of the is normal in most urban regions. Roadway
transportation stables of commuters residing in performance is simultaneously reliable and
Metro Manila. It serves as a daily commodity for repetitive, but then profoundly factor and
multitude of Filipinos from all walks of life, unusual. It is steady and repetitive in that peak
allowing them to get to their destination in the utilization periods and can be anticipated with a
shortest possible time and it still remains to be high level of unwavering quality. The relative
the fastest way to get to various parts of Metro size and timing of "rush hour" is well known in
Manila. Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Line 3 has most communities.
been subjecting its daily riders to what some In order to attain the objectives of the
have described as their worst commuting study the researchers get the data from Open
experiences in years. It was touted as the most Data Philippines. The data gathered are needed
to be analyzed since MRT LINE 3 had the worst
state of passenger traffic and worst commuting Table 1 shows the results for One-way
experiences for travelers in years. For these ANOVA. F-value is less than F-critical with the
reasons the researchers aimed to address the alpha level (0.05), meaning that the null
problem by analyzing the data to determine hypothesis should be accepted and it indicates
which day of the week would be essential for that the day have no effect in number of
commuters to travel. passengers in MRT Line 3 Cubao Station

2. OBJECTIVES
The main objective of this paper is to analyse the Table 2. Results for Computed Mean
difference in passenger traffic in MRT Line 3
during weekdays and weekends from Cubao
Station. Specifically the researchers aim to: Day Mean
Monday 1529329
1. Identify if there is a significant
difference between passenger traffic in Tuesday 1551134
MRT Line 3 during weekends and Wednesday 1586471
weekdays.
2. Identify which day of the week is more
Thursday 1610367
convenient to use MRT Line 3 to travel. Friday 1817235
3. Determine if there is a relationship
Saturday 1513630
between day and number of passengers
in the MRT Line 3. Sunday 1040656
Table 2 shows the results for computing
the mean. The results show that the highest mean
3. MATERIALS AND METHODS is given by the group from Friday. This means
To examine the data, the researchers will use t- that Friday has the highest numbers of
test and ANOVA. The t-test and ANOVA passengers while Sunday has the least number of
examine whether group means differ from one passengers that travelled within 6 months.
another; t-test is a hypothesis test that is used to
compare the means of two populations, this will
be used to determine if there is a significant Table 3. Results for T-test
difference in the means between weekdays,
weekends and holidays (independent variables). Day P-value
On the other hand, ANOVA is a statistical Monday vs. Tuesday 0.464770808
technique that is used to compare the means of
more than two populations, this will be used to Tuesday vs. Wednesday 0.451299553
analyze the difference in the means between
Wednesday vs. Thursday 0.467578226
month, specific time, place and the number of
passengers (dependent variables). The Thursday vs. Friday 0.279627159
researchers will focus on the number of
passengers in MRT Line 3 during weekdays and Friday vs. Saturday 0.201234867
Saturdays. Number of passengers during Saturday vs. Sunday 0.05361172
Sundays and holidays will not be included in this
research. Monday vs. Wednesday 0.414380933
Monday vs. Thursday 0.375982675
4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Monday vs. Friday 0.201930927
The following tables show the summary of Monday vs. Saturday 0.473675615
results generated by the software R.
Monday vs. Sunday 0.038350912
Tuesday vs. Thursday 0.416555088
Table 1. One-way ANOVA Results
Tuesday vs. Friday 0.230339869

F value Critical value Tuesday vs. Saturday 0.444055495

1.92893048 3.865969 Tuesday vs. Sunday 0.051724416

Wednesday vs. Friday 0.263819318
 For further enhancement of this study the
Wednesday vs. Saturday 0.398609696 researchers recommend to future researchers to:
Wednesday vs. Sunday 0.053926145 1. Analyze the difference in passenger
traffic in MRT Line 3 from other
Thursday vs. Saturday 0.363288344
station.
Thursday vs. Sunday 0.045636412 2. Analyze the data through other
methods.
Friday vs. Sunday 0.042942545

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Acknowledgments To Engr. Diosa Marie Aguila, the proponents’
research instructor, for the continued support and
The success of this study, apart from the effort of imparting her knowledge to them.
the researchers relies on the support and
guidance of many others. The researchers take To the families of the research members, for
this opportunity to express their sincerest giving their time and undying support to the
appreciation to the people who have shown proponents.
heart-whelming support for the success of this
study. To the Open Data Philippines, for providing the
data that the researchers needed.
To our God Almighty, who never failed to guide
the researchers while conducting this research.
His incomparable love made the researchers
pursue this study.

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