Neglected bicycles problem
Neglected bicycles have been around since a long time, but there are new problems as well. In places where the land is narrow and where people gather (stations and downtown areas), it is unavoidable that the bicycle can be left to a certain extent, the Japanese feel. For those who leave the bicycle, there is little sense of guilt that they are guilty and they do not seem to be surprised. However, if neglect calls neglect and it becomes an obstacle to pedestrian traffic, it will not be so.
For neglected bicycles, commuting to school and going to school, going to school, shopping purpose are many, and due to deterioration of these bicycle walking environments, there is a risk of contact accident with the bicycle. As reasons not to use the existing bicycle parking space, there are opinions that there is no bicycle parking lot near the destination and there is an inconvenience that it is inconvenient to purchase the shops, and it is necessary to respond to the detailed needs. As described above, the bicycle parking situation is due to the bicycle parking place / time being different depending on the purpose of movement.
Regarding neglected bicycles, the Cabinet Office conducts a survey of actual conditions around the station every other year and issues a report. According to the report "Results of Survey on Neglected Bicycles and Others around the Station in FY2009", the number of bicycles left abandoned peaked at 988 thousand units in 1981 and then declined to 243 thousand units in 2009. Although it is 1/4 of the peak time, it is still in a condition that 240,000 bicycles are still left. Looking at the number of bicycles that can be parked, it increased from 598 thousand units in 1977 to 4,777 thousand units in 15 years, 7.3 times. It seems that the maintenance of the bicycle parking space has had a certain effect on reducing the number of bicycles left unattended, but in 2009 it is flat at 4,321 thousand, so it may be stagnating due to difficulties such as land acquisition.
Number of abandoned bicycles in the vicinity of the station and bicycles and bicycle parking areas around the stationSource:内閣府報告書「平成21年度 駅周辺における放置自転車等の実態調査について」
