Evaluation of Socioeconomic Effects Around Stations Following Nagano Shinkansen Development in Japan

Japan’s high-speed rail service, Shinkansen, began operations in 1964. Since then, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, China, Korea, Taiwan, and the United States have initiated and continued to invest in this environmentally sustainable mode of intercity travel. As part of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, the Nagano Shinkansen began operations in 1997 and connects Gunma to the Nagano Prefecture (the center of Japan’s four major islands). This relatively recent service extended the existing Shinkansen service by approximately 120 km and added five new stations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the social and economic changes around new stations of Nagano Shinkansen and compare with existing conventional railway stations. Changes in intercity travel time and mode share of intercity travel have affected every aspect of Japanese society. The results of this research will enhance broader urban planning, both for future Shinkansen extensions in Japan and for new high-speed rail developments in other countries.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AR010 Standing Committee on Intercity Passenger Rail. Alternate title: An Evaluation of the Socioeconomic Effects Around Stations Following the Nagano Shinkansen Development.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Fuyama, Hirohisa
  • Terabe, Shintaro
  • Yaginuma, Hideki
  • Kang, Nan
  • Morio, Jun
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
• Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 18p
• Monograph Title: TRB 96th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Economic impacts; High speed rail; Intercity travel; Line extensions (Rail transit); Modal split; Rail transit stations; Social impacts; Socioeconomic development; Travel time
• Identifier Terms: Shinkansen
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Economics; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01631681
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 17-04243
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 1 2017 10:45PM