Transportation and Traffic Safety in Household Residential Location Choice

Abstract

The survey findings from 191 academic and administrative staff at Gazi University indicate that households prioritize proximity to the workplace in residential location decisions, while traffic safety is ranked last due to a cost-minimization decision framework. In contrast, under an “ideal dwelling” scenario without economic constraints, safety emerges as the most valued transportation attribute, highlighting a conflict between economic rationality and societal safety values. The findings suggest that traffic safety issues cannot be reduced to individual-level factors; rather, establishing a safe traffic environment requires key measures, including an effective public system, integrated transport and urban planning, and appropriate infrastructure.

Keywords

• Urban transport planning
• traffic safety
• residential location choice.

Hanehalkı Konut Yer Seçiminde Ulaşım ve Trafik Güvenliği

Abstract

Gazi Üniversitesi’nde görev yapan 191 akademik ve idari personelle gerçekleştirilen anketin bulguları, hanelerin konut yeri seçiminde iş yerine yakınlığı en yüksek öncelik olarak gördüğünü, trafik güvenliğini ise maliyet minimizasyonuna dayalı karar mekanizması nedeniyle en son sırada değerlendirdiğini göstermektedir. Buna karşılık, ekonomik kısıtların olmadığı “ideal konut” senaryosunda güvenliğin en önemli ulaşım niteliği olarak öne çıkması, ekonomik rasyonalite ile toplumsal güvenlik değerleri arasındaki çelişkiye işaret etmektedir. Bulgular, trafik güvenliği sorunlarının bireysel boyuta indirgenemeyeceğini; güvenli bir trafik ortamının oluşturulmasında etkili bir kamu sistemi, bütüncül ulaşım ve kent planlaması ile uygun altyapının temel adımlar olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

• Kentsel ulaşım planlaması
• trafik güvenliği
• konut yeri seçimi

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