Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan
Online ISSN : 2185-0593
Print ISSN : 0916-0647
ISSN-L : 0916-0647
Survey Report on Transportation Issues in Historical Area of KAMAKURA on Holidays
Kunihiro SakamotoYouji TakahashiHisashi Kubota
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1998 Volume 33 Pages 199-204

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The purpose of this study is to investigate traffic problems in historical area in Kamakura-City. Kamakura-city is famous as tourist city where about twenty million tourists visit every year. But serious traffic problems such as heavy traffic congestion, residents' safety and accessibility occurred on every holiday. The citizen committees for TDM in Kamakura conducted residents' preference surveys and detailed traffic surveys. It was made clear that streets in Kamakura are paralyzed mainly by visitor's private vehicles. It was found that about 19% residents support the idea of introducing road pricing, where about 16% are against to it.
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