Sri Lanka has a public transport system that dates back to the 1860s. Buses entered the service in 1907 and have become the most widely used mode of transport. The penetration level of buses is 1 bus per 1000 population. ...

“Public Passenger Transport (PPT) is very often associated with subsidies in almost all countries in the world”. When consider Sri Lanka, as a developing country, this statement is true with the PPT for Rural communities. ...

In Sri Lanka the public transport bus services arc provided jointly by the state sector and the private sector. The state sector has schedules for buses. and crews, but private sector buses are operated by individual ...

ABSTRACT Road Traffic injuries are the leading cause of death by injury and leading contributor to the burden of disease worldwide. It is estimated that over one million men, women and children get killed, annually, in the ...

Various organizations belonging to governmental as well as non governmental sectors are presently engaged in promoting the use of push bicycles. Every such organization involved in this endeavor is of the view that bicycle ...