Transportation Science Laboratory

Exploring effective transportation planning based on human behavior surveys

Good transportation plans aim at providing the means of transportation that are safe, comfortable and convenient for the people. Such plans should entail low construction and maintenance management costs; provide for new means of transportation to help cities to retain their shine for half a century. Even those people who do not use the transportation system should feel happy with the plan. To make such a plan, our laboratory develops technologies to conduct mathematical analyses of people’s behavior in the context of transportation and the extent of the contribution that improved transportation systems will make to revitalize the region. We also develop technologies to make predictions on these aspects based on the analyses.

College of Engineering Civil Engineering Urban Infrastructure and Environment / Graduate School of Engineering and Science（Master's Program） Civil Engineering Course / Graduate School of Engineering and Science（Doctor's Program） Regional Environment Systems Course
Faculty Name
IWAKURA, Seiji
Keyword
Transportation plans,Human behavior simulations,Disaster mitigation
Laboratory location
Research Building TOYOSU Campus 9F 09C32

This lab is for this SDG activity:

  • 住み続けられるまちづくりを
  • 産業と技術革新の基盤をつくろう

STUDY FIELDS

  • Civil engineering

FOR SOCIETY

A technology to predict the demand for transportation, which our laboratory developed, is used in making urban railway plans in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Many of our graduates are engaged in transportation planning at central and local governments (including prefectural governments), think tanks and consulting firms, while some of them are working with our university to make such plans.

RESEARCH THEMES

  • Research on train delays that increase with the increasing frequency of train runs in urban railways and the impacts of the delays
  • Analyses of the gridlock on the roads in Tokyo in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Research on measures to revitalize local public transportation

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