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This document summarizes a term paper for a transportation engineering course. The paper aims to assess quality of life factors related to transportation for elderly citizens in Kuwait. Specifically, it seeks to understand how transportation contributes to satisfaction with quality of life, how satisfaction with different transportation areas relates to overall satisfaction, the importance of and satisfaction with different transportation areas, and how perceived performance compares to importance across areas. To study this, the paper will involve a literature review and questionnaire, with tasks including identifying students, preparing reviews and questionnaires, collecting and analyzing data, and submitting a final report.

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Department of Civil Engineering

This document summarizes a term paper for a transportation engineering course. The paper aims to assess quality of life factors related to transportation for elderly citizens in Kuwait. Specifically, it seeks to understand how transportation contributes to satisfaction with quality of life, how satisfaction with different transportation areas relates to overall satisfaction, the importance of and satisfaction with different transportation areas, and how perceived performance compares to importance across areas. To study this, the paper will involve a literature review and questionnaire, with tasks including identifying students, preparing reviews and questionnaires, collecting and analyzing data, and submitting a final report.

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Kuwait University

Department of Civil Engineering


CE-461 Transportation Engineering
Term Paper
Summer Semester 2016
Dr. Fahad Al-Rukaibi
Project Title: Quality of Life for elderly: Assessment for Transportation
Performance Measures
Quality of life (QOL) is increasingly of interest among transportation officials and academics alike. Despite this
interest, research on QOL and transportation is in its infancy. Therefore, an opportunity exists to improve
transportation planning and management as well as advance transportation knowledge as it relates to QOL. QOL
has been of research interest since the 1960s. As an indicator of the health and function status of individuals and
society, Transportation has emerged as an important, yet still not entirely understood element to QOL. Further,
rather than a holistic approach to transportation, select transportation areas are typically studied such as public
transit and parking, accessibility and mobility, or a transportation systems efficiency, QOL research reveals an
opportunity for practitioners and researchers alike to better understand the effect of transportation on QOL in
general as well as specific transportation areas on QOL
Objective:
This study assessed and evaluated transportation-related QOL indicators, two interrelated approaches were
undertaken: (1) a literature review and (2) a questionnaire
Specifically, the project sought to answer five questions:
If/how does transportation contribute to satisfaction with QOL among Kuwaitis?
If/how does satisfaction with transportation areas (access, etc.) contribute to satisfaction?
With transportation overall?
How important is each of the transportation areas (access, etc.)?
How satisfied are Kuwaiti residents with each of the transportation areas (access, etc.)?
How does perceived Department of Traffic performance compare with perceived importance on each of the
transportation areas (access, etc.)?
Project Scheme:
Task 1: Identify a group of at least 4 students.
Task 2: Prepare literature review. Due 23/7/2016
Task 3: Prepare the Questionnaires. Due 30/7/2016
Task 4: Data Collection Process. Due 7/7/2016
Task 5: Data Analysis and Evaluation using SPSS. Due 14/7/2016
Task 6: Preparation and submission of the report. Due 21/7/2016

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