Promoting urban light rail transit in a compact city context: the case of Toyama City, Japan
Promoting urban light rail transit in a compact city context: the case of Toyama City, Japan
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10.1080/21681376.2022.2148556
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2022-12
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Hiroshi Ito;N. Kawazoe
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作者：
Hiroshi Ito;N. Kawazoe
世界各地的城市都引入或恢复了轻轨交通（LRT），以制定紧凑型城市战略，并帮助解决环境问题，如增加二氧化碳排放或空气污染。富山就是这样一个城市，它通过建立一个基于交通政策的紧凑型城市来解决这些问题，特别是2006年建立的轻轨。尽管人们似乎一致认为轻轨有助于建立一个紧凑的城市，但影响客流量的因素仍不清楚。本研究试图识别这些因素，使用规范激活模型和计划行为理论作为理论基础，数据收集方法的问卷调查和数据分析的结构方程模型。研究结果表明，态度、感知到的行为控制和行为规范与使用轻轨的意图显著相关，而轻轨的意图与年龄一起与实际使用有关。基于这些发现，本研究为想要建立或发展轻轨系统的城市提供了理论和实践见解。
ABSTRACT Cities worldwide have introduced or revived light rail transit (LRT) to develop compact city strategies and help address environmental issues, such as increasing CO2 emissions or air pollution. Toyama is such a city that has addressed these issues by establishing a compact city rooted in transportation policies, notably the LRT established in 2006. Although there appears to be a consensus that the LRT contributes to establishing a compact city, contributing factors to ridership remain unclear. This study attempts to identify these factors, using the norm-activation model and theory of planned behaviour as a theoretical grounding, questionnaires for a data collection method and structural equation modelling for data analysis. The findings suggest that attitudes, perceived behavioural control and behavioural norms are significantly associated with the intention to use the LRT, which is, along with age, associated with its actual use. Based on these findings, this study provides theoretical and practical insights for cities wanting to pursue establishing or developing an LRT system.