A Study on Social Approval for Sustainable Transport and Urban Planning Policies

Abstract

It is required to gain broad social approval for the transition toward a sustainable society. Using online survey data of 3,000 samples, we analyzed the relationship between the citizens’ approval or not of pro-motion policies for sustainable transportation, the reason for policy choice, the way of decision on policy choices, and citizens’ morality on daily choices. As a result, the situation and the feature of the approval or not are revealed. It is effective to give proper information according to their various morality to in-crease approval for the sustainable policies. For example, it is important to communicate the relations between the policies and their daily life to those who take care of utility, and to communicate the details of the policies to those who take care of compliance awareness. It is also important to raise the sense that the future vision of city is decided by the citizens through accumulating opportunities of public participation.