The role of a regional gateway port is becoming more important for container transport in Japan because of increasing volumes of inbound/outbound container cargo in Asia. The effects of port development should be analyzed based on cost benefit analysis.

The purpose of this paper is to propose an estimation method for handled cargo volume at a regional gateway port. For this purpose, port choice behavior models considering the value of time for container cargo are analyzed. Using models for port choice behavior, the effects of the measures of port development are estimated.

It is expected that the population will decrease, on the one hand our society be composed largely of an elderly people and less children in one family. Such society will lead to some change in constitution of household, increasing single households as an example, and finally will effect to the trip behavior. This study aims to reveals those themes based upon the results of Tokyo Metropolitan Person Trip Survey: the differences between the trip behavior because of its own circumstances (or household constitution), the change of the behavior with the times. In addition, we tried to calculate the Tokyo's vehicle traffic volume in 2025, then it reveals that the prospect of future transportation demands will be greatly varied according to considering to the change in households attribute or not.

The introduction of new legislation in the railway sector at the European level and the privatization of the German Federal Railway Company in 1994, made it necessary to restructure the organization and financial framework of public transport systems. The role of local communities has been strengthened under the so-called “Regionalization Law” and the “Law on Financing Municipal Transport”. The objectives of this study are to analyze the contemporary role of transport associations (Verkehrsverbund), and to investigate the effects of the new legislation on a transport association’s organization and financing system as evidenced by the example of the Rhein-Main Verkehrsverbund (RMV).

Ministry of Transport introduced the cost-benefit analysis for port investment as one of the reliable evaluation systems in determining which projects to be newly started in 1997 FY. The Ministry also began to research on the methodology of economic evaluation for port investment which included the method for cost-benefit analysis. The outline of the research and the discussion points in it are described. The evaluation method for port investment is now on the way of improvement and continuous examination is still necessary.