Socio-economic Evaluation Model for Project of Improving Transfer at Urban Railway Station

Abstract

This paper aims to survey transfer of rail users at urban railway stations in Tokyo and to develop a socio-economic evaluation model for a project of improving the transfer. The model outputs a user benefit and a supplier benefit of the project and it consists of three sub-models; station transfer sub-model, rail route choice sub-model and benefit sub-model. The authors applied the model to two stations in Tokyo and evaluated the projects from a socio-economic point of view.