Transportation demand of isolated village's inhabitant and effectiveness of community transportation system

— Case study of Kashida District, Takatsuki City —

Abstract

This study examined the convenience of public transportation system, the burden of pick-up at Kashida area in Takatsuki-city. We showed that it was hard to satisfy traffic demand of the people. Moreover we proposed innovating community taxi as a solution, and supposed the instance of service-system, made a trial calculation of its profit and cost performance. Finally, it is proved that community taxi has high possibility of problem solving.