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In Japan, some mass transit companies were withdrawn from bus services in local municipalities after deregulation in 2002.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
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Authors:
- Kishi, Kunihiro
- Satoh, Keiichi
- Publication Date: 2007-7
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 161-171
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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