1996 Volume 8 Issue 1 Pages 181-191
Between Honshu and Shikoku Districts, Akasi Bridge will open in 1998, following the completion of N aruto Bridge and Seto Bridge, and expressway network has been developing rapidly in Shikoku District. These changes in transportation networks will affect the truck operators'route choice behaviours and their business environment.
The purpose of this study is to show the influence of the completion of Akasi Bridge on truck trnasportation on the basis of the questionnaire survey to truck operators. Firstly, the outline of the questionnaire survey, which was carried out by the authors in December 1994, is explained. Secondly, the present situation on freight transportation routes by trucks between Hanshin and Shikoku Districts is made clear . Thirdly, the attitude to the use of new Akasi Bridge and the requirements to the ferry transportation in future are shown. Finally, the truck operators'recognition to the influence of Akasi Bridge on their business environment is analyzed.
