MESHITSUKA Yusuke   Faculty of Sociology Department of Sociology   Associate Professor

■ Title   Bicycle Utilization in Ordinary and Extraordinary Situations Changes of Bicycle Community Planning in Utsunomiya City

■ Outline   An overview of the changes in bicycle city planning in Utsunomiya city reveals that while early plans focused on promoting bicycle use for daily transportation needs like commuting, going to school, and shopping, later plans incorporated measures to also promote recreational and tourism-related bicycle use. Specifically, the 2002 "Utsunomiya City Basic Plan for Bicycle Use and Utilization" prioritized developing bicycle lanes and securing parking spaces around train stations to promote bicycling for daily transportation. The 2010 "Utsunomiya City Bicycle Community Promotion Plan (First Term)" also centered on daily bicycle use promotion, but showed intention to leverage events like bicycle races and tourism promotion for non-routine bicycle use. Starting with the 2016 "Utsunomiya City Bicycle Community Promotion Plan (Second Term)," direct policies were included to promote the recreational bicycle use, such as developing cycling routes for tourists. The 2021 "Second Utsunomiya City Bicycle Community Promotion Plan" takes a balanced approach to promote both daily and recreational bicycle use. Therefore, Utsunomiya City's bicycle community development underwent a gradual shift from a focus on daily use to incorporating more non-routine use.   Yusuke MESHITSUKA   Single      2024/03

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