A Study on Participation in Ride-Share and Funding for Public Transport by Residents in Rural Area

Abstract

During recently years, there are some local public transports by participation of various members in the area. These enable people to use transport easier and more flexibly for their needs than the normal public transport. However, for introducing the one, there are few findings about participation by people or companies. In this study, we cleared the intentions of funding for transport and participation in ride-share, and clarified what factors affect them. As the result, it was suggested that the trust for the areas affect the intention to fund for public transport. It is also suggested that the intention to use public transport in the future affect the conscious of the system for ride-share and use it, and that encouraging to take part in the local activities affect the participation in ride-share. And then, it is suggested that the concern for traffic accident during ride-share affected the intention not to take part in ride-share.