THE EVOLUTION OF MUNICIPALITIES’ ATTITUDES TOWARD MAINTAINING RURAL PUBLIC TRANSIT AFTER DEREGULATION —THE CONCEPTUAL BLURRING OF MINIMUM GUARANTEE AND CONVENIENCE IMPROVEMENT AND THE DILUTION OF POLICY OBJECTIVES—
Summary. After deregulation in Japan, municipalities became responsible for maintaining rural public transit. This paper analyzes policy documents and expert literature to show that municipalities have failed to distinguish between minimum essential transit services and convenience improvements. The study reveals that policy objectives for identifying and guaranteeing minimum transit levels have become diluted, with municipalities instead using ridership metrics and requiring community effort as conditions for public subsidies.
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He, L., & Le, Y.. (2024). THE EVOLUTION OF MUNICIPALITIES’ ATTITUDES TOWARD MAINTAINING RURAL PUBLIC TRANSIT AFTER DEREGULATION —THE CONCEPTUAL BLURRING OF MINIMUM GUARANTEE AND CONVENIENCE IMPROVEMENT AND THE DILUTION OF POLICY OBJECTIVES—. Japanese Journal of JSCE. https://doi.org/10.2208/jscejj.24-20041
He, L., and Yiping Le. “THE EVOLUTION OF MUNICIPALITIES’ ATTITUDES TOWARD MAINTAINING RURAL PUBLIC TRANSIT AFTER DEREGULATION —THE CONCEPTUAL BLURRING OF MINIMUM GUARANTEE AND CONVENIENCE IMPROVEMENT AND THE DILUTION OF POLICY OBJECTIVES—.” Japanese Journal of JSCE, 2024. https://doi.org/10.2208/jscejj.24-20041.
He, L., and Yiping Le. 2024. “THE EVOLUTION OF MUNICIPALITIES’ ATTITUDES TOWARD MAINTAINING RURAL PUBLIC TRANSIT AFTER DEREGULATION —THE CONCEPTUAL BLURRING OF MINIMUM GUARANTEE AND CONVENIENCE IMPROVEMENT AND THE DILUTION OF POLICY OBJECTIVES—.” Japanese Journal of JSCE. https://doi.org/10.2208/jscejj.24-20041.
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title = {THE EVOLUTION OF MUNICIPALITIES’ ATTITUDES TOWARD MAINTAINING RURAL PUBLIC TRANSIT AFTER DEREGULATION —THE CONCEPTUAL BLURRING OF MINIMUM GUARANTEE AND CONVENIENCE IMPROVEMENT AND THE DILUTION OF POLICY OBJECTIVES—},
author = {L. He and Yiping Le},
journal = {Japanese Journal of JSCE},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.2208/jscejj.24-20041},
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- 10.2208/jscejj.24-20041
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- Asia
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- transportation, policy, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation
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