On-Demand Bus Development toward Advancement of Information Technology in Bus Operations

摘要

In order to resolve the various problems involved in public transit, especially public transit bus services, there is great demand for means that provide highly convenient transportation facilities corresponding to the rapid growth in the elderly population and that promote the improvement and application of convenience in public transit services. As a measure to vitalize public transit use, a project focusing on on-demand bus services is being undertaken. This project is actively adopting the technologies of intelligent transport systems (ITS), which are expected to provide good cost-effectiveness. Comprehensive measures will be implemented to arrest the decline in public transit in order to assure the permanent availability of affordable means of transportation.