IN RECENT YEARS, THE SEASON-TICKET PASSENGERS TO WORK WHO TAKE THE SHINKANSEN GRADUALLY INCREASED. TO ANALYZE THE CHARACTERISTICS IS THE ESSENTIAL MATTER OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING IN A METROPOLITAN AREA FOR THE FIRST BEING. BASED ON A QUESTIONAIRE CONDUCTED AT TAKASAKI STATION, THIS PAPER CLARIFIED THE MECHANISM OF THE PRECEDING SOCIAL PHENOMENON AND REFERRED TO THE MEANING AND THE PROBLEM FOR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
