Car Passenger Transport and Barriers to Community Bus Use in a Mountainous Underpopulated Region in Japan

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  • KAWABATA Mitsuaki
    Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology
  • MATSUMOTO Shoji
    Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology
  • SANO Kazushi
    Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology
  • TSUCHIYA Satoshi
    Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology

Abstract

Bus service supply has diminished and finally abolished in an underpopulated region where public transport demand is in an extremely low density. Its mobility is very low as well as restrictive for elderly people and disadvantaged people who have no private means. The paper analyzes travel behavior by car passengers and community buses in a mountainous underpopulated region, Yamakoshi in the city of Nagaoka, Niigata in Japan and estimates travel mode choice models using travel diary data to reveal the constraint factors of mobility for elderly people. Finally, the paper clarifies an important factor of ‘walking distance from home to a bus stop’ to shift travel mode from car passengers into an exclusive club bus system for elderly people.

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Details 詳細情報について

  • CRID
    1390001205291258368
  • NII Article ID
    130000400955
  • DOI
    10.11175/easts.8.497
  • ISSN
    18811124
  • Text Lang
    en
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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    Disallowed

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