2023 Volume 10 Pages 136-157
This study explored the possibility of reorganizing transit-oriented urban structures from the way residents’ trip destinations are tied to the station sphere. We observed the compactness and concentration of trip destinations around railway stations for various purposes. Many municipalities fall under the compact city policies of the state for expanded conurbations, to optimize their current economic and population situation. Our survey that was conducted in the field of activity spaces scopes the case of the conurbation with de popularization. We established the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe conurbation as our research objective and used the 2010 Person Trip Census data for the overall analysis. In this study, we analyze “Commuting,” “Purchasing,” “Leisure, and” “Ordinary Task.” As a result, it is suggested that even the mature conurbation with population decline has the potential to encourage people to compact their residential areas and destinations. Moreover, the overlap between these destinations also provided a perspective on proper use based on each railway line and location characteristics within the conurbation. We observed 16 patterns that fell under the four types of destination agglomeration, where a relationship with the station's location was apparent.
