Research on the impact of improving convenience through coordination and integration of public transport on the number of inbound tourists

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K01996
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 07090:Commerce-related
• Research Institution: Chuo University
• Principal Investigator: Goto Takao 中央大学, 経済学部, 教授 (60435097)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 田中 智泰 近畿大学, 経営学部, 教授 (20511182) ; 西藤 真一 島根県立大学, 総合政策学部, 准教授 (00581117)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 公共交通 / 連携 / 統合

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study could not proceed as originally planned because much of the study period overlapped the period of the new coronavirus outbreak. However, this study found the following three points.
Firstly, in conducting an analysis of the joint management of local public transport based on the results of interviews with several relevant actors, we found the factors that contribute to the realization of collaboration. Secondly, we analyzed the current status and issues of coordination and integration of public transport in the UK and EU, and compared the status of coordination and integration in public transport in the UK and Japan. And finally, we quantitatively analyzed the alternative and complementary relationships between air and rail in Japan, and examined the coordination of different transportation modes.

Free Research Field

交通経済学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまでの地方公共交通の連携や統合を対象とした先行研究は，事例研究や制度の変遷を整理する研究が多く，他の交通分野と比較しても国内外で実証的な研究が数少なかった。そのため，本研究は，定性的な分析とともに実証的な分析で地方公共交通の連携ならびに統合の効果を検証した。このような体系的な研究はまだなく，本研究成果の学術的意義といえる。くわえて，本研究の研究成果は，今後の地方公共交通規政策のあり方を検討する際に有用な資料となりうると思われる。近年注目されているEBPMの観点からみても本研究の研究成果には一定の社会的意義を見出せる。