Geographical Study on Social Maturity and Urban Medium-scale Transportation System in the Metropolitan Region

本研究旨在探讨日本都市圈的社会成熟度及其对交通系统的影响。首先，通过收集反映都市圈社会成熟度的数据，说明日本都市圈已经成熟，面临少子化、老龄化等社会问题。每一个信息和材料都表明，几十年来，社会和经济状况发生了巨大变化。大都市区的产业结构、收入、消费行为和生产都发生了巨大的变化，在这种情况下，区域交通系统有望持续生存。由于运输需求的稳定或下降，区域运输系统难以管理其业务。这些交通系统在日本经济高速发展时，为大都市区的发展做出了贡献。 ...更多信息 y以高增长率扩张。随着机动化的扩散，公共交通失去了运输需求，但运输穷人需要它作为大都市地区内的移动手段。为了满足这种需要，已经引入了中等规模的运输系统。这种运输系统具有适应运输需求变化的灵活性。新的运输系统的模式根据其引入的区域条件而有所不同。名古屋都市圈是几个实验性交通项目启动的地方。在这个大都市地区建造的例子是引导方式的公共汽车系统和高速地面运输。目前，由于客流不足，项目的持续经营并不容易。少子化和老龄化社会需要大都市地区便捷的公共交通系统，但要保持公共交通系统的良好运行状态是一个难题。少

The purpose of this study is to investigate the social maturity and its influence on the transportation system in the metropolitan region in Japan. First of all, data indicating the social maturity of the metropolitan region were collected to clarify that Japanese metropolitan regions have matured and had to face with several social problems such as less children and aging society. Every information and material indicates that social and economic condition has greatly changed for several decades. Industrial composition, income, consumer behavior and production show that the metropolitan regions have experienced a drastic change for this period.Under these circumstances, regional transportation systems are expected to be sustainable and survive. Because of the stable or declining demand of transportation, regional transportation systems have difficulty to manage their businesses. These transportation systems contributed to the development of the metropolitan regions when Japanese econom … More y expanded at a high growth rate. With the diffusion of motorization, public transportation lost transportation demand, but transportation poor need it for moving means within the metropolitan regions. Medium-scale transportation systems have been introduced to satisfy such a need. This kind of transportation system has a flexibility to adjust variable transportation demand. The mode of new transportation system varies depending on the regional condition where it is introduced. Nagoya metropolitan region is the place where several experimental transportation projects have been initiated. Guide way bus system and High Speed Surface Transport are the examples that were constructed in this metropolitan region. At present, it is not easy to sustain the management of the project because of the shortage passengers. Less children and aging society need convenient public transportation system in the metropolitan region, but it is difficult to keep the management of public transportation system in a sound and good condition. Less