Factors Affecting Community-Led Introduction of Transportation Services under the Yokohama City Community Transportation Support Project

A Case Study of Topographically Inconvenient Areas in Kanazawa Ward, Yokohama City

Abstract

In suburban residential areas, as a result of population aging, more residents are finding it difficult to get around, thus increasing the need for transportation services. In recent years, some local governments have programs to support inhabitants' activities for introducing local transport services instead of operating community buses for such areas. Using Kanazawa ward, Yokohama city as a case study, we identify transport-inconvenient areas employing the concept of metabolic conversion distance to account for the effects of topography on walking access and clarify the factors that lead to local public transport introduction activities and the realization of its operation.