International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Research (IJSER) ISSN (Online): 2347-3878 Index Copernicus Value (2015): 62.86 | Impact Factor (2015): 3.791 Volume 5 Issue 11, November 2017 www.ijser.in Licensed Under Creative Commons Attribution CC BY An Insight of Sustainable Urban Transportation Progress in Sarawak Nadzirah Zainordin 1 , Muhd Zaihafiz Zainal Abidin 2 1 School of Built Environment, University college of Technology Sarawak, 96000 Sibu Sarawak 2 School of Built Environment, Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Abstract: The quality of transportation service it’s a main factor to increase the level of economic and social in Sarawak. By increasing the system may buzz-up all sector and may contribute the benefit to the community. This research will be conducting in four selected locations consist of Sibu, Miri, Bintulu and Kuching. The reason to choose these four locations it’s because of the role that each location plays in contributing to the economic sector in Sarawak state itself. Methodology to be use to conduct this research its quantitative method. Where, 300 set of questionnaire to be distributing to the stated locations to get a perception on the concept of sustainable transportation among respondents. Questionnaire distributing to those who has knowledge towards sustainable transportation and it’s limited to those who have experience in construction sector only. The objectives of this research it’ s to investigate the construction player’s perception towards sustainability transportation in Kuching, Miri, Bintulu and Sibu, and to identify the barriers factor to implementing this concept. Expecting distribution from this research it’s to create awareness by implement ing this concept it’s beneficial to the routine activities as well as can generate and increase the Sarawak’s economic sector. Keywords: Sustainable transportation, construction player‟s perception, constraint factor 1. Introduction Transportation assumes a key part in advancing the live ability of groups (Luis et al., 2015 and Miller et al.,2013) because of its cooperation with each of the three regions of maintainable advancement (Luis et al., 2015 and Souza and Kahn, 2013). Under this condition, partner inclusion is fundamental with a specific end goal to consolidate differing points of view and inclinations (Luis et al., 2015 and Rangarajan et al., 2013). Remembering this, the goals of this examination it's to explore the development player's discernment towards supportability transportation in Kuching, Miri, Bintulu and Sibu; and to recognize the limitation component to actualizing this idea. The transportation segment incorporates the development of individuals and merchandise via autos, trucks, trains, boats, planes, and different vehicles (Luis et al., 2015). The high development rates of transportation movement has created negative consequences for nature and on populaces (Luis et al., 2015 and Eppel, 1999) who are encountering various activity issues, for example, extreme movement blockage and street mischances combined with air and clamors contamination groups (Luis et al., 2015 and Sarkar and Tagore, 2011). Any idea that incorporates the descriptive word reasonable stems from the root idea of feasible improvement. Understanding it has been one of the significant difficulties for maintainability scientists and specialists from the time when supportable improvement was initially instituted as an advancement that addresses the issues of the present without trading off the capacity of future era to address their own issues (The World Commission on Environment and Advancement, 1987). This definition has unmistakable implications to individuals in various settings that imagine supportability and act towards it relying upon their insight, foundation, encounter, recognition, qualities, and setting (Leal, 2000). Despite the fact that this entanglement has been discussed widely (Ayres, 1993), the base specialized prerequisites are frequently obscure (Prugh et al., 2000). In spite of errors about the significance, individuals concur that the idea includes, at any rate, natural, social, and monetary contemplations (Dragun and Jakobsson, 1997) what is known as the triple primary concern (Hacking and Guthie, 2008). The idea of maintainable transportation includes a similar open deliberation about significance and vulnerability, as indicated by Dark (2010), there is still no political or logical concurrence on a supportable transportation definition. It can mean the least expensive indicate point transport accessible, or dependable and unsurprising trips, or the fastest intends to move perishable cargo, or excursions that utilization minimal measure of vitality or assets to satisfy the errand (Sweeting and Winfield, 2012). Toward the end, there is likewise a rising accord that transportation framework manageability ought to catch properties of framework viability and framework impacts on monetary improvement, natural honesty, and social personal satisfaction (Jeon et al., 2013). A definition fitting in the general meaning of supportable improvement is given by the Association for Financial Participation and Advancement (OECD) (2002), characterizing a feasible transportation framework as "one that does not jeopardize general wellbeing or environments and addresses versatility issues reliable with utilization of renewable assets at underneath their rates". 2. Research Background Transit service quality is one of the main drivers of sustainable transport policies as it increasingly steers user choices toward energy and space-efficient transport modes (e.g., European Commission 1995b, 2001, 2007). Public transport quality depends on several factors (attributes) of the service; some are quantitative (e.g., average travel time and Paper ID: IJSER171919 DOI: 10.21275/IJSER171919 58 of 62