Paper (In Japanese)
AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUS CONVENIENCE, POPULATION COMPOSITION AND SOCIAL CHANGE RATE BY AGE GROUPS IN LOCAL CITIES
2022 Volume 78 Issue 4 Pages 178-189
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2022 Volume 78 Issue 4 Pages 178-189
This study focuses on buses which comprise one of the most important forms of public transportation in local cities. Targeting 58 local cities, we statistically analysed the relationship between the existence of bus stops and bus frequency as of 2010, population composition ratio in 2010 and 2015, and the social change rate for 5 years by age groups in units of 500m mesh.
Results were clarified using multiple comparison tests. They show that in relation to the population composition ratio at the two time points, the ratio of elderly people in the mesh with low bus convenience is larger than that with high bus convenience. Furthermore, in relation to the social change rate for 5 years, the mesh with high bus convenience, which had a frequency of 4 buses or more per hour, can suppress the number of teens leaving compared to other meshes. However, it was revealed that the number of those in their 20s moving in could not be promoted.
