About approach of Shimoizumi district

In May 2012, an organization was established in the Shimoizumi district (2-chome to 4-chome Shimoizumi, Izumi-ku) based on the Road and Highway Bureau's "Local Transportation Support Project." For more than one year, local organizations, bus operators, Yokohama City for more than one year, with the aim of expanding operating hours and switching to route buses, local organizations, bus operators, Yokohama City After repeated examinations by the three parties, we have been aiming to operate route buses that circulates between Izumi-Chuo Station, Shimo-Iida Station and Shimo-Iida Station and Shimoizumi areas.

Last update date April 20, 2023

Outline of activities
Organization name	Shimoizumi District Traffic Control Committee (Operator of the E-Bus, an independent bus service centered on the Shimo-Izumi Housing Neighborhood Association)
Members	Chairperson and 5 other members (Central members only)
District Outline	It is about 2 km to the nearest station and about 1 km to the existing bus stop, and is about 1 km from the existing bus stop.

Progress of Initiatives
1999	With the extension of Shonandai Station on the municipal Shimotetsu Blue Line, route buses in the Shimoizumi area have been reorganized and reduced flights. Established a regional organization (Shimoizumi District Traffic Control Committee) We discuss bus introduction with shared bus operators, but this was not realized.
April, 2002	Start of operation of "E-Bus" operated by chartered bus (consignment to Tendai Kanko Co., Ltd.)
May, 2012	Local organization (Shimoizumi District Traffic Control Committee) is registered as a local traffic support project
December, 2012	Conducted a questionnaire on the actual use of E-bus and the intention to use when operating hours are expanded.
January, 2013	Examination and adjustment of specific operation plans such as schedules and stop locations Conducted field surveys of candidate stop sites with related organizations
July, 2013	Neighborhood Associations and Neighborhood Association
September, 2013	Test operation started as a route bus E-bus route departure ceremony
November, 2013	In order to review the time required between bus stops, schedule revision Conducted surveys on actual use in buses and surveys of usage by distributing them to local communities.
January, 2014	Operation plan for full-scale operation was approved by the Regional Public Transport Conference
April, 2014	Full-scale operation started
February, 2015	New stop (Sanchome North, Mizoin front of Mizoin) and relocated (Sanchome West) Changed in front of Shimoiida Station to be able to get on and off in both directions

Main roles in consideration
Regional Organizations (Shimoizumi District Traffic Control Committee)	Management of Study Group Regional consensus building (route, bus stop location, name, schedule) Publicity and dissemination of the contents of the study Local negotiations for setting up bus stops
Bus operators (Tendai Kanko Co., Ltd.)	Specific examination of new routes, such as routes and schedules Procedure for test operation and full-scale operation
Yokohama-shi	Dispatch of coordinators (support for community consensus building) Support for formulating operation plans, such as design and analysis of questionnaires Support for publicizing and disseminating the contents of the study Support for the Road Transportation Act procedures necessary for trial operation and full-scale operation of business operators

To local residents The first (toward route) (July 2013) (PDF: 464KB)

To local residents The second installment (news of route) (August 2013) (PDF: 819KB)

To local residents 3rd (details of route planning) (September 2013) (PDF: 599KB)

To the local community The fourth (interim report of test operation) (November 2013) (PDF: 437KB)

To local residents Fifth (Notice of full-scale operation) (March 2014) (PDF: 683KB)

To local residents The sixth (details of full-scale operation) (March 2014) (PDF: 341KB)

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