About the present situation of Yokohama-shi life transportation bus route maintenance system and route (sharing) bus

　The Yokohama City Life Transportation Bus Route is operated by making up for the deficit part with the taxes of citizens. However, in the first place, some people may think, "Isn't the bus running because it's profitable?" First of all, I would like you to know the current situation of route buses nationwide.

　Route buses are said to be labor-intensive industries (industry with a high proportion of labor costs), and 57% of operating costs (* 1) are labor costs.
Therefore, it is difficult to improve the income and expenditure, and the management of route buses is very difficult at present, and about 70% of routes operated by bus operators nationwide are deficit routes (* 2). We operate deficit routes with the profit of deficit routes based on the profit of some surplus routes.

※1 November 2016 Survey by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
※2 From “Automobiles Seen by Numbers 2016”

　If it is a general company, the deficit section may be abolished, but many bus operators are responsible for public transportation, as described above, protect your means of transportation, including deficit routes. I am. On the other hand, the balance is too bad, and you may have to abolish the route. The Yokohama City Life Transportation Bus Route Maintenance System is a system established so that the convenience of daily life does not decrease significantly due to the abolition of routes.

In order to secure the daily traffic of citizens, the following routes are mainly subject to the Yokohama City Life Transportation Bus Route Maintenance System.
＜１＞ Routes that occur within 1 km from the station and 300 m from other bus stops due to abolition.
＜２＞ A route where the population achieved within 15 minutes to the nearest station will decrease.

　Currently, there are 13 Yokohama City Life Transportation Bus Routes, and in 2023, a deficit of 261.85 million yen was compensated by taxes. Thank you for your cooperation so that you can use the bus as many times as possible to reduce this compensation.

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