Present Situation and Policy Issues of Midnight-Transport in Metropolitan Area

Abstract

Midnight activity in Tokyo metropolitan area has developed due to internationalization and change of life style and so on. It brings the increase of traffic volume and the gap between demand and supply growth rapidly.
This paper aims to develop new approaches to describe demand and supply aspect of midnighttransport. The approaches are 1) new estimation procedure for accurate midnight-transport demand, 2) supply analysis of taxi service and 3) demand analysis of express-bus at midnight.
Finally the fu rther transport policies to be examined are suggested.