RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCEPTION OF URBAN RAILWAY SERVICES AND RESIDENTIAL LOCATION PREFERENCE

Abstract

Railway operators are endeavoring to improve the people's perception of their services in order to gain more residents nearby. However, there are no studies focusing on the relationship between perception of railway services and residential location preference in urban areas. In this study, a questionnaire survey on urban railways was conducted. We applied factor analysis to the collected data, and aspects of the perception were integrated into four categories. Next, we developed a regression model to reveal the relationship between categories of perception aspects and residential location preference. The model suggests quantitative and specific perception of urban railway services that have a residential location preference.