Abstract
With the rapid spread of shared bicycles in recent years, there have been many examples of shared bicycle ports on university campuses, but there have been few quantitative evaluations of how much the introduction of shared bicycle ports improves student mobility and how much demand can be expected. On the other hand, quantitative evaluation of the effects of introducing a shared bike port would be useful for university campus planning and transportation planning in the vicinity of the university. In this study, we investigated the mobility disparity between students with and without bicycles at Chiba University’s Nishi-Chiba Campus, and identified the issues involved in installing a shared bike port on campus, as well as the changes in student mobility and demand for use if a shared bike port is installed on campus. The methodology used was to identify the actual conditions of mobility and the demand for use of the shared cycle ports on campus. The method used was a questionnaire survey to assess changes in students’ mobility and their intention to use the shared bike system. The behavioral intention method (BI method) was then used to predict the demand for shared cycle port use. In addition, issues related to the introduction of shared bicycles were identified through interviews. As a result, we found that students who do not own bicycles in the vicinity of the university find it more inconvenient to move around the campus than students who commute by bicycle, and that the installation of a shared bicycle port on the university campus would improve the mobility of students who do not own bicycles. The study also found that the installation of a shared bike port on Chiba University’s Nishi-Chiba Campus is expected to generate more use than other ports.
