Willingness to pay for community bus services: A Japanese case study

This study aims to predict the demand for local public goods by local residents and to consider ways to promote diversification of the cost burden on supply. We employ a questionnaire survey on issues of current interest from the viewpoint of the cost burden associated with the operation of a community bus service. The survey's results showed that non-contact IC cards for mobile phones were almost never used. There was also a certain level of support toward collecting expenses through fares rather than through annual payments.