Comparison of bicycles and cars as transportation modes in Tsukuba Science City

• Kikuchi Hodaka

• Koshizuka Takeshi

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 所要時間からみた自転車利用の優位性
• 筑波研究学園都市を対象として

Abstract

Bicycles are better transport mode than cars from an environmental point of view. In addition, although the speed of bicycles are slower than that of cars, the travel time by bicycles can be smaller than cars because of traffic and parking congestion. In particular, Tsukuba Science City has longer pedestrian paths, so bicycles are more convenient modes. In this paper, we set up a simple model to specify the regions where the travel time by bicycles can is shorter than cars in the Tsukuba Science City. Then, we examine geographically how the parking congestion affects the areas. Moreover, we characterize the effect of the pedestrian path in terms of bicycle mode.

Journal

• Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan

  Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan 40 (0), 22-22, 2005

  The City Planning Institute of Japan

Keywords

• bicycles
• parking lot
• travel time
• traffic congestion
• pedestrian path
• Tsukuba Science City

Details

• CRID: 1390001205522728320
• NII Article ID: 130006947414
• DOI: 10.11361/cpij1.40.0.22.0
• ISSN: 1348284X
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