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Driving Environment Improvement Project (Northwest Aoba Ward) to maintain and enhance bus routes
Due to a decrease in the number of route bus users and a shortage of drivers due to a declining birthrate and aging population, flights have been reduced in urban areas, making it difficult to maintain the current service level of the bus network. Therefore, in this project, in cooperation with bus operators, promotes the improvement of operating efficiency and the development of a driving environment to promote the redistribute of management resources resulting from it.
Last Updated August 28, 2024
We started operation of articulated bus from April 1, 2024.
Yokohama City and Tokyu Bus Co., Ltd. ("Tokyu Bus") have been promoting public-private partnerships to maintain and enhance bus routes in northwestern Aoba Ward. This time, from Monday, April 1, 2024, the first articulated bus (vehicle nickname: tandem liner) will be operated for the first time in Tokyu bus, and the surrounding bus routes will be reorganized to maintain and enhance the bus network. Was. （Reference materials (PDF: 774KB)）
In addition, a presentation ceremony hosted by Tokyu Bus was held on Monday, March 25, 2024.
State of the presentation ceremony
Initiatives to maintain bus routes in the northwestern part of Aoba Ward
Yokohama City and Tokyu Bus are making efforts to maintain bus routes in the northwestern part of Aoba Ward. Through the introduction of articulated buses, we will make efforts to improve the efficiency of major bus routes and redistribute the resulting management resources to other routes.
Overview of Efforts
Background of Initiatives: Decrease in bus service levels due to a decrease in the number of passengers and a shortage of crew members
In recent years, the number of bus users has decreased due to the declining birthrate and aging population and changes in lifestyles. In addition, due to the decrease and aging of large two-type license holders, the number of bus crew members is also insufficient, and it is necessary to adjust the number of bus operated flights (reduction of flights, etc.) according to actual usage.
In addition, there is a tendency to refrain from telework and going out due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the balance of route buses is becoming more severe, resulting in a decrease in the number of users. → Deterioration of income and expenditures → Reduced flights → There may be a vicious cycle of a further decrease in the number of users.
Users due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Changes in the number of route bus transport personnel in Kanto jurisdiction: 2019 basis)
What we aim for: Maintain bus network by improving operational efficiency and redistribution
Therefore, Yokohama City and Tokyu Bus have introduced articulated buses on routes with a large number of buses, and by reducing the number of flights to the extent acceptable while securing transportation capacity, the management resources of the bus operators created will be redistributed to other routes and maintained as much as possible throughout the area.
※In order to improve the income and expenditure, it is inevitable that flights will be reduced according to the actual usage, and even if a articulated bus is introduced, the service level of the entire area may decrease in the future.
Image of implementation of initiatives
About route to carry out approach and contents of conduct
Opinion solicitation for this initiative (conducted from December 3, 2022 to January 31, 2023)
Thank you very much for your feedback.
Click here for the content of opinion solicitation (PDF: 2,057KB)
Click here for briefing materials for opinion solicitation (PDF: 8,722KB)
The briefing was held on the following schedule.
December 3, 2022 Nara District Center, Nara Community Care Plaza / January 8, 11, 2023 Nara District Center
Click here for the results of the opinion solicitation (PDF: 696KB)
About regional adjustment after opinion offer
Year and Year | Progress |
|---|---|
| March, 2023 | Explanation and circulation of opinion solicitation results at regular meetings of each Union Neighborhood Association |
| May | Proposal of route reorganization plan at the Naracho-Onda Union Neighborhood Association Regular Meeting |
| July | Circulation of materials for reorganization at the Naracho-Onda Union Neighborhood Association |
| September | Finalization of route reorganization plan |
| October | Held a meeting to exchange opinions on route reorganization (held on October 28, 2023, at the Nara District Center) |
| February, 2024 | Explanation and circulation of the details of route reorganization at each Union Neighborhood Association |
About bus network meeting
Aiming at "Policy Goal 1 Realization of local transportation that is easy for everyone to move" in the "Yokohama Urban Transportation Plan", various plans that contribute to the construction of an efficient bus network with the maintenance and enhancement of bus routes throughout the city This is a meeting to hear opinions from everyone involved regarding the development and implementation of
| Fiscal year | Contents of the Meeting |
|---|---|
| 2021 | ・1st meeting (held in October 2021) |
| 2022 | ・1st meeting (held in November 2022) |
| 2023 | ・1st meeting (held in September 2023) |
※Slide materials and summary of results may include materials related to initiatives in Totsuka Ward.
About press release materials
We will start operating the "Tandem Liner" joint bus in Aoba Ward! (March 12, 2024)
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Urban Transportation Division, Urban Transportation Department, Urban Development Bureau
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