This study aims to evaluate port attractiveness quantitatively from a viewpoint of cruise-ship tourism. First, the actual situation on cruise-ship tourism in Japan was investigated by questionnaire survey for passengers. Next, using the survey results on weights of elements elaborating attractiveness and satisfaction rating on calling port, port attractiveness was measured by applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process. In addition, another methodology to evaluate port attractiveness by combining these AHP results with observable indices such as the number of scenic spots by tourism elements was developed and these results were compared.

In order to realize environmentally sustainable transport (EST), it becomes quite important to reduce the environmental load from transport sector while maintaining the level of mobility. This study attempts to apply the Environmental Efficiency model (EE model) to measure efficiency of energy consumption at a given level of mobility. In addition, the effects of some EST policies to raise efficiency are simulated based on DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) and Malmquist index, including modal shift in a city, technological innovation to improve the intensity of energy consumption in cities and the emissions trading scheme between cities.

This paper reports the results of survey on the behavior and perception of urban rail users pertaining to the delay of rail service in Tokyo and discusses the policy implications from the results. The paper is organized as follows: Section 1 shows the motivations and goals of the paper; Section 2 describes the recent problems regarding chronic delay in urban rail service in Tokyo; Section 3 presents the survey on the behavior and opinions of rail-use passengers regarding the service delay; and Section 4 summarizes the results and discusses the policy implications.

This paper reviews the existing operating system of the Moscow Metro. The Moscow Metro carries a large number of passengers everyday operating trains at high-frequency intervals. In Tokyo too, the railway system is operating at a capacity close to its limit, but small irregularities are causing significant delays in the service. This paper studies the methods that the Moscow Metro adopted in operating the system to achieve high-frequency intervals services, along with smooth flows of passengers and trains. It is hoped that this research would be very information and useful for the improvement of the worsening punctuality in the urban railway services of Tokyo.