Actual Use of Fixed-time Fixed-route Shared-ride Taxi and Its Impact on Physical Health: A Case Study in Kusugaoka, Kawachinagano City, Osaka Prefecture

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  • ISE Noboru
    Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Wakayama College
  • YANAGIHARA Takao
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kindai University
  • MINATO Emi
    Urban Planning Department, Urban Construction Bureau, Wakayama City Office
  • KITAGAWA Hiroshi
    Faculty of Applied Sociology, Kindai University

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  • 定時定路線型乗合タクシーの利用実態と身体的健康への影響に関する研究－ 大阪府河内長野市楠ケ丘地域のケーススタディ －

Abstract

<p>In Japan, a lot of studies have been made on the demand for and the cross-sector benefits of public transport services. Although shared-ride taxi has been becoming highly important to meet the low demand mainly in rural areas of Japan, there have been few studies focused on the demand for shared-ride taxi and the impact of shared-ride taxi on health. Consequently, it might be difficult for local authorities to consider where to introduce shared-ride taxi services and how to improve existing shared-ride taxi services, from the perspective of feasibility and health improvement. This study mainly aims to identify the factors that influence (1) the demand for shared-ride taxi and (2) the impact of shared-ride taxi on physical health. The results of our study clearly show the following: (1) the catchment area of shared-ride taxi service is 200m which is smaller than that of bus services; (2) the spatial relationships among homes, shared-ride taxi stands, and railway stations influence the number of shared-ride taxi users; (3) the impact of shared-ride taxi on physical health is not uniform but depends on individual attributes of and residential location of shared-ride taxi users.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390299673818540928
  • DOI
    10.14954/jste.10.3_a_1
  • ISSN
    21872929
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
  • Abstract License Flag
    Disallowed

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