Attitudinal Study on a Reciprocal Community Transport System in Japan

In Japan, some mass transit companies were withdrawn from bus services in local municipalities after deregulation in 2002. Elderly people without a driver's license cannot help but depend on transport services provided by family members, a municipality, or on remaining public transportation whose stations might be far from their residences. To establish a new sustainable community transport, the authors propose a reciprocal community transport system consisting of volunteer ride-sharing transport services provided by residents with their own cars. Naganuma, Hokkaido was applied as a case study and a questionnaire survey was conducted. It was identified that there were enough potential transport service providers to cover the transport demand of potential service users. However, sufficient countermeasures against traffic accidents was found to be an issue to be overcome to secure the positive participation of residents in the transport system.

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Supplemental Notes:
- Abstract reprinted with permission from Taylor and Francis
Authors:
- Kishi, Kunihiro
- Satoh, Keiichi
Publication Date: 2007-7

Language

English

Media Info

Media Type: Print
Features: Figures; References; Tables;
Pagination: pp 161-171
Serial:
- International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
- Volume: 1
- Issue Number: 3
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis
- ISSN: 1556-8318
- EISSN: 1556-8334
- Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ujst20

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Accessibility; Aged; Aged drivers; Mobility; Paratransit services; Ridesharing; Special user groups; Sustainable transportation; Travel modes
Geographic Terms: Japan
Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 01055263
Record Type: Publication
Files: TRIS
Created Date: Aug 9 2007 7:20PM