Impact of Developing the Orbital Expressway on Reduction of Logistics Costs and the Regional Economy in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area

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Developing three orbital expressways is currently being implemented in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Recently, large-scale physical distribution facilities have been developed along the opened section of the Ken-O EXPWY, the outermost orbital expressway. This study develops a regional econometric model that analyzes the time series impact of developing the orbital expressway on reduction of logistics costs and the regional economy of the Tokyo metropolitan area. It also conducts an empirical analysis that estimates reduction of thelogistics costs using data of the Tokyo Metropolitan Freight Surveys in 2003 and 2013, and evaluates the development of the entire sections of the Ken-O EXPWY.