2017 Volume 47 Issue 2 Pages 207-224
In recent years, travel behavior by car has increased with popularization of private cars. Public transport users have decreased, especially in local areas. Companies providing public transportation have ceased operating in unprofitable areas.
In such situations, the community bus has been introduced in many areas. The purpose of the community bus is to ensure citizen mobility. Generally, inconvenient areas for public transportation are defined as the areas outside the bus stop territories. However, bus stop territories cannot be represented in the circle of constant radius. Bus users go to a bus stop taking into account their physical ability and the road conditions. Therefore, bus stop territories that have been used are not on accessible road networks, and do not accurately represent the inconvenient areas for public transportation.
In this study, we estimated the bus stop territories with consideration of physical ability and road conditions using a Geographic Information System. In addition, we estimated the inhabitant coverage by the public bus.
JEL Classification: R49
