A Study on Temporal and Spatial Influence Analysis of the Number of Users of Railway Stations

Abstract

In this study, we analyzed the relationship between track-based public transportation and surrounding land use. The analytical targets are Keio Line and Keio Sagamihara Line. We calculated characteristic values for each station using data on the number of users, surrounding population, accessibility evaluation of the road network, and the area of inhabitable land at 16 linked stations for the period including the period of undergrounding Chofu Station. The results obtained from the perspective of the relationship between transportation and land use can be summarized as follows: 1) The number of users is increasing at stations where development is progressing in areas that are frequently accessed by foot around the station, 2) There are mechanisms by which the sociodemographic characteristics of a particular region can be influenced by factors either in the region itself or in relation to the surrounding region, and 3) development in areas far from stations is unlikely to contribute to an increase in the number of users.