2017 年 53 巻 Supplement2 号 p. S528-S531
Recently, articles on issues to do with priority seats have been trending on the Internet. We investigated whether the idea of “priority” that is put forward really is something that can protect the people who need priority seats. In a field survey, we took a photo of people sitting in priority seats and observed their actions. One third of them were using a smartphone. Here we put forward three hypotheses to ensure that priority seats go to those who need them. The first is “exclusive seats,” in which only people who need the priority seats can use them. The second is “to install stickers to indicate which people are not allowed to use priority seats.” The third is “to install a handrail that reacts to the right user’s fingerprint.” We thought about the future potential of these hypotheses. Whatever the case, we must be aware of the concept of “priority + α.”
