1M130618-7 Koichi Watanabe

COMMUTING AND WELL-BEINGPersonal Space on Trains

CONTENTS

1

2

FACTS

MOTIVATIONS

3 TOPIC

FACTS 1

24 BILLION1 Passengers in 2014

2 82 /100World’s busiest Sta.

are in Japan

(Our BABA is ranked #10!!!)

FACTS 2

3

220%(1975)

→4 165%(2013)

Avg. Congestion rate in the Greater Tokyo

60 MIN APX.Avg. Commuting time in Tokyo(Office workers who bought a home within 5 yrs)

(TRAINS)

FACTS 3

220%(1975)

→4 165%(2013)

Avg. Train Congestion rate in the Greater Tokyo

MOTIVATIONS 1

1 CRIMES

Groping and Violence

MOTIVATIONS 2

2 ETHICS

What are the proper behaviours?

To what extent should they be tolerated?

MOTIVATIONS 3

3 WELL-BEING

1

2

Longer Commuting = Less Happiness

Train Commuting = More Anxiety

TOPIC

WELL-BEING AND COMMUTING

1 How Proxemics works?

Will the invasion of “Personal Space” during a commuting affect negatively to one’s happiness?

TOPIC

PERSONAL SPACE by Edward Hall

YOU 45cm45cm

INTIMATE SPACEA space where your closest people can enter, but not for strangers.

TOPIC

WELL-BEING AND COMMUTING

1 How Proxemics works?

2 How Important the personal space is?

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!

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