Studies on Effects of the Local Railway on the Region and the Evaluation of Discussion Points and Process regarding the Railway Continuation/Abolishment Issues

本研究以福井地区的地方铁路问题为研究对象，旨在明确铁路停运和重启对该地区各方面的影响，探究铁路续废争议的过程，为进一步探讨地方铁路问题提供有用的知识/信息。研究的主要结果如下：1。通过对铁路沿线用户和沿线居民的问卷调查数据分析，明确了铁路服务暂停和重启对该地区人们的出行行为和生活活动产生的各种影响/影响。根据铁路沿线居民出行行为在三种情况下（旧铁路-铁路服务暂停-新铁路服务）的变化模式，将沿线居民分为五类。5个群体在铁路属性、铁路意识、铁路使用强度等方面存在显著差异，这对探索铁路使用提升的有效措施具有一定的参考价值。导致新体制重启铁路决策的一些因素是对铁路的兴趣程度和人民之间讨论的深入，基于没有铁路服务的经验，以及各种公民团体的贡献等。最后，对上述研究结果进行了总结，并以假设的形式提出了地方铁路应被定位为社会基础设施并投入公共财政资源予以维护的有效性。

This study focuses on the local railway issues in Fukui Region and aims to make clear the effects of railway-service pause and restart on the various aspects of the Region, to investigate the process of the dispute on the continuance or abolishment of railway and then to provide the useful knowledge/information for further discussion on the local railway issues.The main results of the study are as follows ;1.It is made clear that the railway service pause and restart causes various influences/effects, such as not only the travel behaviors but also living activities of the people in the region, based on the analysis by the questionnaire data of users and people living along the railway.2.People living along the railway are divided into five groups by the travel behavior change pattern under three situations (old railway service-railway service pause-new railway service).And there are significant differences among five groups in terms of attribute, consciousness on railway and usage intension etc.It seems that this knowledge should be useful in searching for effective measures for usage promotion of railway.3.Some of Factors that led to the decision making of the railway restart by the new system are the extent of the interest for the railway and the deepening of the discussion among the people based, on the experiences without railway service, and the contributions of various citizens groups etc.4.Finally, the above results are summarized and the validity that the local railway should be positioned as asocial infrastructure and thepublic fiscal resources canbe input intomaintaining it are presented as a hypothesis.