CURRENT ISSUES AND PROBLEMS OF BICYCLE TRANSPORT IN JAPAN

Abstract

The number of bicycles in Japan has been increasing steadily, and there are now more than 66 million bicycles in use, or one bicycle for every 1.8 persons. However, facilities to accommodate bicycle transport, such as bicycle roads and bicycle parking spaces, are either nonexistent or limited, and so are laws and regulations to deal with bicycle transport. The lack of bicycle facilities and poor bicycle transport policies generate various problems associated with bicycles such as illegal parking in the vicinity of railway stations and traffic accidents involving bicycles. The historical background and current issues of bicycle transport in Japan are reviewed with regard to traffic laws and regulations, bicycle road conditions, parking facilities, education, and the public attitude toward bicycles. Case studies involve reduction of illegally parked bicycles and field observations of cyclist performance that resulted in intersection design changes.

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