2023 Volume 9 Issue 2 Pages A_272-A_279
This paper aims to show an overview of the projects’ features of consolidated transportation of passengers and cargos during 2011 - 2022 in Japan, based on the data published by concerned companies and local governments. The major results are as follows: 1) The projects were significantly increased after the revision of the regulation of Road Transportation Act in 2017, accompanied with diversification of project objectives and transportation modes. 2) The projects to promote efficient cargo transportation and/or to sustain public transportation account large share of whole projects, which is more significant in depopulated municipalities. 3) The projects cooperated with local administrations are minority. 4) Although the features of the projects operated by the major three companies are basically same to those of whole projects, major three companies tend to operate more projects in depopulated municipalities. 5) Typical features of the projects for cargo and/or public transportation in depopulated municipalities by three major companies are one-way, once a day consolidated service among 5-12 ordinary transportation services at 20-40km distance routes.
