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Urban Transportation Lab
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A lab that studies transport and tourism planning and how to measure its effects.
AboutAbout the lab
Thinking about transport and tourism planning, starting from how to measure its effects
The Urban Transportation Lab studies planning theory and evaluation theory for infrastructure development, with a focus on transportation.
The lab was established in April 1979 and has continued since the early days of Tsukuba's Policy and Planning Sciences program (known as "Shakō").
Currently, students conduct research under Professor Naohisa Okamoto, who specializes in transport planning and tourism planning.
A lab seminar for bachelor's and master's theses is held once a week, where students receive comments from Professor Okamoto.
Key terms
- Infrastructure development
- Building and maintaining the facilities that form the foundation of society, such as roads and railways
- Travel behavior
- The behavior of how people travel: when, where, and by which means
- Demand estimation
- Estimating how much a given transport service will be used
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies planning approaches and methods for measuring effects in infrastructure development, with a focus on transportation. Its main research areas are measuring the effects of infrastructure development, survey methods for travel behavior and demand estimation, and analysis of tourism-related behavior, effects, and policy.
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The Urban Transportation Lab consists of faculty members, master's and undergraduate students, and administrative assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorNaohisa Okamoto
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