Evaluating Modal Shift from Road to Seaway by Electric Vehicles and Economic Impacts in Port's Region

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26590038
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Toyohashi University of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Shibusawa Hiroyuki 豊橋技術科学大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (70291416)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MIYATA Yuzuru 豊橋技術科学大学, 大学院工学研究科, 教授 (20190796)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 電気自動車 / モーダルシフト / 港湾 / 政策

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we evaluate a possibility of the modal shift from road to seaway using a ferry under two scenarios, conventional vehicles and electric vehicles. We apply a transportation model to all the ferry routes among sea ports in Japan and the modal shares between seaway and road are estimated. The impacts of the modal shift on the carbon dioxide emissions are also estimated. As a case study in Mikawa port, the method for evaluating the economic impacts on the port's region is shown.

Free Research Field

都市・地域システム分析