Abstract
Japan was heavily damaged by Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011. At same time, public transportation systems were also damaged. Although other public transportation systems required several years for the restoration, Local Bus routes were restored at the very beginning. Local Bus greatly contributed to the recovery of the disaster-stricken areas. The post-disaster restoration of Local Bus is investigated in this study. We interviewed Local Bus Actors (local bus companies, bus associations, journalist, academic experts, local governments, NPO, etc.) in Miyagi prefecture and Iwate prefecture. In this paper, we report the interview results based on the responses of local bus staffs in Ofunato area, Iwate prefecture.
