Thing about community bus

Yokohama City believes that it is desirable to aim for operation that does not rely on financial support in order to operate stable and continuous route buses in the future with limited financial resources. For this reason, we do not carry out so-called community bus operation, in which local governments outsource the operation to bus operators to make up for the deficit of operating expenses.

The vehicle price of small buses is about 70 to 80% of large buses, and for route buses that use for a long time (about 10 years), labor costs account for about 60% of the total operating costs. The difference in operating costs is small.
Small buses with less than half the passenger capacity compared to large buses are difficult to secure profitability, and while the number of bus users is decreasing, introducing a new small bus is a burden for bus operators. You.

In general, there are cases where route buses with a fare of 100 yen have been introduced on policy sightseeing route buses and so-called community buses. However, it is very difficult to secure profitability with a fare of 100 yen, and it is not implemented in Yokohama City.

Community buses do not have a clear definition, but on routes that cannot be profitable with general route buses, buses in which local governments outsource the operation to bus operators to make up for the deficit of operating expenses are generally community It is called a bus.