Adaptive needs formation for public transportation service in rural areas

The needs satisfaction as an information basis for planning the public transportation service may be arbitrary if a person adapts to the poor transportation accessibility and thereby compromise the level of needs for the service. The mechanism of this adaptation is called adaptive needs formation. In rural areas, the service level is so low such that the person may adapt his/her lifestyle and the needs to the public transportation service. However, adaptive needs formation has yet to be observed as part of public transportation planning. This study conducts the questionnaire survey and shows that adaptive needs formation does indeed occur.