Critical Analysis on Rural Transportation Planning based on Needs of Daily Life Activities

Abstract

The needs of daily life activities have been widely used as an information basis for public transportation planning. In rural areas, however, the needs of the residents may be affected by the opportunities of daily life activities provided by the public transportation service. This is because of the adaptation due to poor level of public transportation service, which works the needs to coincide with feasible opportunities. This study discusses that public transportation planning based on the needs may be arbitrary if the adaptation cannot be ignored. We argue that the planning based on the opportunity of daily life activities instead of needs is appropriate in rural areas.