Purposes of Private Automobiles Round-Trips in Urban Areas; Reviewing the Traffic Management to Improve Public Health

Aims: Some of the unavoidable results of traffic are stress increase¡ violence by the persons and especially by the drivers¡ and more air pollution. The aim of this study was to determine and analyze the destinations of urban travels with personal cars¡ as well as to determine the rate of the unnecessary travels with personal cars.
Instrument & In the analytic cross-sectional study¡ the population of personal cars travelling on Gonabad was studied in 2015. Five points on the city were selected as the sampling points. 400 persons¡ randomly selected¡ were studied. Data was collected using a researcher-made checklist including the demographic characteristics and some short questions. Data was analyzed by SPSS 19 software using Chi-square test.
Findings: There were significant correlations (p The rate of the utilization of personal cars and as one-passenger cars for non-work destinations is higher in the females than the males. Most of the work travels are done by one-passenger personal cars. Most of the non-work travels with personal cars are done by more than one passenger.