Rail Integrated Communities in Tokyo

Tokyo’s railway station areas are models of transit-oriented design. To differentiate them from transit-oriented developments (TOD), the term rail-integrated community (RIC) has been created to describe these high density, safe, mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly developments around railway stations that act as community hubs, are served by frequent, all-day, rail rapid transit, and are accessed primarily on foot, by bicycle, or by public transit. Japanese private railway operators have been instrumental in creating these RICs. Though they receive little financial support from the government, private railways in Japan operate profitably by diversifying into real estate, retail, and numerous other businesses. Tokyu Corporation is used as the case study to exemplify how government policy and socioeconomic context contributed to the successful private railway model. Ten indicators, such as ridership, population density, and mode share are used to analyze two stations created by Tokyu to demonstrate how this model is manifested in Tokyo’s rail integrated communities.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.v5i1.280
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Special Issue on Value Capture for Transportation Finance
• Authors:
  • Calimente, John
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 19-32
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport and Land Use
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  • ISSN: 1938-7849
  • Serial URL: https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Integrated corridor management; Pedestrian areas; Pedestrians; Population density; Private enterprise; Public transit; Rail transit facilities; Rail transit stations; Ridership; Transit oriented development; Transportation modes
• Geographic Terms: Tokyo (Japan)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Public Transportation; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01380327
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 21 2012 8:50AM