معارف
Volume 17, Numéro 1, Pages 534-555
2022-06-01

Employing Exploratory Factors Analysis To Determine The Causes Of The Traffic Congestion Crisis From The Viewpoint Of Small Vehicle Drivers A Case Study In The Municipality Of Medea

Authors : Benzerga Leila .

Abstract

The The study aimed identifying the main determinants of traffic congestion from the viewpoint of small car drivers at the level of the municipality of Medea, The study sample consisted of (100) drivers selected using a simple random method. Hence, their opinions about the causes of traffic congestion were investigated by a questionnaire consisting of (36) items. The researcher used the exploratory factor analysis to derive the important factors. The results of the study came with 14 factors, 7 saturated ones, which are: the driver with a co-variance of 13.863%, the car with a variance of 8.056%, the road with a variance of 7.272%, weather with a variance of 5.785%, the priority with a variance of 5.153%, %, the distance with a variance of 4.584%, and the speed with a variance of 4.091%.

Keywords

traffic congestion crisis ; driver ; road ; small vehicles ; exploratory factor analysis