A study on the influence of spatial characteristics of the central commercial district of Kyoto City on the illegally-parked bicycles and its special variability

Abstract

This study has the following purposes. The first is to clarify the influence of spatial characteristics of the central commercial district of Kyoto City on the illegally-parked bicycles, by using Geographically Weighted Poisson Regression. The second is to clarify the spatial variability of this influence, illustrating the results by using Geographic Information System. As a result of this study, we have found out that both point characteristics related to surveillance and territoriality and area characteristics related to accessibility and removal risk statistically have a significant influence on the illegally-parked bicycles. Furthermore, we have clarified that this influence on the illegally-parked bicycles fluctuates spatially, according to a local condition.