Quality of Life Determination Based on Daily Commuting Experiences in Central Business District (CBD) of Bangkok, Thailand

The evaluation of factors that affect people’s pleasure as well as the goodness and well-being of life is known as the study of quality of life. It requires further implication with quantification of these experiences since human beings may interpret context, location, and situational changes through their perception. Thus, this study aims to determine the relationship between socioeconomic profile and the perception of road environment through a statistical and spatial analysis approach. Data was conducted by questionnaire survey of total of 500 sets in Sukhumvit area. Geographic information system (GIS) was applied for visualization through a grid of 500 * 500 m2 (total of 87 grids) to demonstrate the distribution users’ perception of road environment. The results present that only educational levels were associated with wealthy (X1), lively (X3), and beautiful (X4) perceptions. In addition, there was a correlation between marital status and lively (X3), boring (X6), and beautiful (X4) statistically significant at 0.05. Meanwhile, the relationship between grid of study area and perception of the road environment demonstrates that the natural environment and situations in each area are probably consistent with the experience of the road environment perceived by commuters. Finally, the results of this study can be a guideline for the improvements of the CBD of Sukhumvit to strengthen quality of life while traveling of commuters since built environment can improve or impair their quality of life.