Abstract
“Kururin-bus” is a so-called community bus operated by Nissin city in Aichi prefecture. The bus runs all over the city 11 times a day with 7 circular courses and 1 central shuttle line. The fare of 1 ride is 100 yen (200 yen for the central shuttle line). In this study, a stated preference survey was conducted to the passengers of “Kururin-bus” for grasping their consciousness on the fare change. The frequency change of bus usage was analyzed with the survey result when the fare of 1 ride would be changed. As a result, it is found that the frequency of bus usage might decrease if the fare would be raised, and there are some users who would decide to stop using “Kururin-bus”. Furthermore, the model to estimate a frequency distribution of bus usage was constructed with the fare changes, which shows that the influence of the fare change on the frequency of bus usage is different by the current frequency. The impact of the fare change is significant if a passenger scarcely uses “Kururin-bus”.
