Securing opportunities for activities and choices by local communities - A planning methodology for local public transport services as social common capital-

Abstract

This study proposes a methodology for planning local public transport services as social common capital necessary for people to secure a “healthy and cultural life.” The methodology systematizes the process of setting the level of achievement of the “size of activity opportunities,” which indicates the degree of “healthy and cultural life,” as a consensus among the local community, and socially choosing a planning alternative for public transport services to realize it from the perspective of mutual assistance. Although the individual methods that constitute the methodology are concrete “examples” for understanding the methodology as a whole, the empirical analysis conducted through a web-based survey showed that the social choice process worked as expected and confirmed the practicality of the methodology.

Keywords

• Local transport plan
• Planning methodology
• Activity opportunity
• Quantitative evaluation
• Social choice