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https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27432/critical-issues-in-transportation-for-2024-and-beyond

ROAD PRICING TO PRESERVE A HISTORICAL ENVIRONMENT - THE CHALLENGE OF KAMAKURA

Road pricing is one of the most promising measures to achieve sustainable transport policy as well as to optimize traffic conditions. In this paper, a scheme of road pricing to try to preserve the environment in historical area of Kamakura, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, which was the capital of Japan between 1192 and 1333, is introduced. This scheme is also attracting attention as its planning process is based on a thorough public involvement procedure. Authors first investigated the planning process of TDM measures including road pricing by a citizens committee from Kamakura. Through the investigation, it was made clear that equity between tourists and citizens became the biggest issue about road pricing during the argument of the committee. "A citizens declaration" proposed by the committee, in which they proposed that citizens self-control their usage of private vehicles and make a transportation system based on walking and public transportation, is quite noteworthy from this viewpoint. The authors next investigated the public preference on introducing road pricing in Kamakura. It was made clear that about 40% of residents support the proposal of road pricing. It was, on the other hand, also indicated that the issue of equity may become the main point of argument at the time of decision making. (A)

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Features: References;
  • Pagination: p. 82-7
  • Serial:
    • IATSS Research
    • Publisher: International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences
    • ISSN: 0386-1112

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00767304
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
  • Files: ITRD, ATRI
  • Created Date: Aug 6 1999 12:00AM