A Study on Consciousness for People with Infants in public transportation in Provincial City

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the consciousness for people with infants in public transportation in provincial city. The questionnaire survey was carried out in Fukuoka city, having many public transportation passengers. First, we analyzed the consciousness for people with infants sitting in a priority seat according to the following groups; people with infants, people with sons and/or daughters older than infants, and people without son and daughter. Next, we analyzed these 3 groups consciousness for using public transportation and elevator without folding stroller, infants fretting in public transportation, priority boarding of the aircraft for people with infants, and priority parking space for people with infants. Results show that many Fukuoka citizens have toleration for people with infants. However some citizens think that people with infants should fold stroller in crowed public transportation, and hence there are several internal barriers for people with infants. Therefore approaches to further promote an understanding of people with infants are required.