| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
A comparative study on the social environments of bicycle usage as transportation and sport was carried out between in the Netherlands and in Japan. The followings are the outcomes of the surveys. 1) Japanese bicycle commuters tend to cycle longer distance than the commuters in the Netherlands. The Japanese bicycle commuters have a tendency of regarding commuting as a part of physical training. 2) While a large number of Japanese bicycle commuters participate in cycle sport events, most of Dutch bicycle commuters use bicycles just for transportation. 3) As for cycle events, there is a pathway from grassroots cyclists to elite level cyclists in the Netherlands. They have various standards for cycle events. 4) Cycle events in Japan are mostly run by business sectors and entry fees for the events are generally higher than those of the Netherlands. They also tend to lack the diversities of standards. There is a huge gap between grassroots cyclists and elite level cyclists in Japan.
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