Study on issues of Lifestyle-Related Facilities for Work-Residential Urban Areas from the viewpoint of mobility characteristic of remote workers

Abstract

In Japan, population in the Tokyo area has continued to increase since the end of World War II. Under these circumstances, a state of emergency was declared for the first time in 2020 due to an outbreak of COVID-19, and remote work was recommended, temporarily and mainly in urban areas. As a result, the number of remote workers increased significantly compared to that of before the outbreak of COVID-19, and the trend of centralization in Tokyo area weakened during the same period. In this study, we assume that the spread of remote work encourages people to move out of the Tokyo metropolitan area. Thus, we compare the convenience of living for remote workers in the Tokyo metropolitan area and other cities using Person-Trip Survey. Based on the results, we examine the deficient urban functions in each city in order to improve the living environment for remote workers efficiently, which will encourage them to settle in the suburbs.