Residents were surveyed for their opinions on snow removal operations and the amount of money they would be willing to spend for snow removal service. From the results, basic policies are proposed for future snow removal operations in the four Japanese cities surveyed--Sapporo, Asahikawa, Kushiro, and Kitami, Japan. The results were analyzed by Kishi's Logit PSM (KLP) to quantify the degree of snow removal desired by residents and the amount of money they would spend for this service. Residents rated maintenance of carriageway width and surface conditions on trunk roads fairly high and wanted significant improvements in snow removal on residential roads. Few residents wanted less snow removal service than they currently received. Most respondents wanted improvements. KLP analysis of the questionnaire results showed that Sapporo was the only city where the standard, acceptable cost to consumers was lower than its current snow removal cost. Many Sapporo respondents said that their current cost was unreasonably high, whereas many Asahikawa, Kushiro, and Kitami residents viewed their snow removal service as inexpensive.
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