Current Situation and Future Direction for Management of Station Plazas

Abstract

Lack of space for station plazas is one of the most common public transportation problems. Especially, most of the severe congestion problems occur due to concentration of taxies, buses, and private cars in station plazas. Improving the congestion at these station plazas by site development and traffic management is important for better public transportation environment. This paper, analyzes existing situation and issues of operation for station plazas in Tokyo metropolitan area by questionnaire survey. Finally, future directions of management of station plazas are discussed.