Abstract
In Japan, there are huge number of bicycles and little length of bicycle facilities. In 2009 and 2010, the model projects of developing bicycle facilities on carriageways were conducted, but 75% of those facilities were on sidewalks. It is pointed out that a reason of the lack in bicycling space is probably absence of bicycle transport planning scheme, but on the contrary, in recent years, some municipalities begin to develop the bicycle network plan. In this study, we conducted interview survey at 17 cities where are active in the area of bicycle transport in Japan, and revealed the objectives, scheme, and problems in planmaking.
As the result, it was revealed that some of the people in charge of bicycle transport can't break away from the traditional rules of cycling on sidewalks and the facilities which are new developed are not match the ready-made facilities. In addition, it is needed that information about the facility design guideline and the case examples by the national government and the financial support at the planning phase.
