Yoshitaka Kajita

The Process of the Agreement on Street Space Planning by the Residents

This study is on the project of forming the community zone at Wakahisa district in Fukuoka-city. We researched the process of residents participation and agreement by analyzing the conference minutes and interview. As the special feature ofthis case study, the conferences that were held great number of times, the familiarity by naming streets, the analysis from childrens viewpoint, and the reconstruction of streets, are mentioned. It became clear that existence of the leader-person of the area, judgment through the experiences, visualizing the image of facilities, mutual communication, and sharing of information are required for promotion of agreement.

Cooperative Pick-Up and Delivery System for Urban Goods in Central Business District

In this paper, both the consciousness of, and the actual conditions of, a cooperative pick-up and delivery system for goods in the Tenjin District of Fukuoka City, Japan, are investigated from the viewpoints of the shippers and the transportation companies. Details of survey include characteristics of shippers, office, goods, pick-up and delivery. The factors for the use and participation in the cooperative pick-up and delivery system are analyzed using questionnaire data. Effective strategies to use such a system to participate in it are also discussed by considering the actual conditions. As a result, PR on the social merits of the system to employers for shippers and to encourage participation of the small-scale shipping agencies for transportation companies are necessary.