Consideration of Response to Qualitative Change of Provincial Road Policy Based on Literature Review

Abstract

Japan would has been turning from the age of road building to the age of utilization of existing road space. The purpose of this study is to examine new issues about road policy for the future, especially in provincial areas where the traffic demand is small. In this paper, the viewpoints of past road policies were systematically classified based on literature published during recent years. And, the issues of road policy which would become more important in the future were considered. As the result, it was shown that the studies on the regeneration of the road for presumed future environmental problems would be important.