Comparative Study about Urban Transportation Policy in Province of Japan and France

This paper compares Japan and France with regard to organization, source of revenues, planning systems, and decision making processes of urban transportation. The paper considers both country's characteristic and suggests examination techniques for realizing central city areas in vitality. Plural policies in the city center are practiced coherently by administration in France, but in Japan, many people don’t recognize the importance of this. Before public transport passengers decline, policies about transportation in city center area should be practiced by city administrator.

• Corporate Authors:

  World Conference on Transport Research Society

  Secretariat, 14 Avenue Berthelot
  69363 Lyon cedex 07,   France 
• Authors:
  • Itaya, Kazuya
• Conference:
  • 11th World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Berkeley CA, United States
  • Date: 2007-6-24 to 2007-6-28
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: References;
• Pagination: 9p
• Monograph Title: 11th World Conference on Transport Research

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Central business districts; Decision making; Policy making; Public transit; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: France; Japan
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01129566
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 2009 7:19AM