A Study on the Changes in Activities by Introducing of Shared-Taxi in Arao City instead of Route Buses

Arao city started shared-taxi service as an alternative of ordinal route bus services October 1, 2013. Shared-taxi system is already introduced in Hirai and Fumoto suburb areas of the city. We conducted a survey to evaluate transportation services to clarify the activity of the inhabitants before and after introducing shared-taxi by using Diary-Activity-survey and analyze the changes of activities by the introduction of shared-taxi.