As of May 31, 2025
| Section name | City Planning and Public Transportation Subcommittee (formerly the Joint Subcommittee on City Center Revitalization and Public Transportation) |
| Theme | Study of measures to solve traffic problems and revitalize the city center through the use of ICT Study of measures to reorganize the public transportation network to improve transportation convenience in the city |
| Chairman | Associate Professor Yozo Hiraiwa, University of Tokyo |
Main activities in FY2024
- ●Analysis of efforts made in FY2023 to link the Kashiwa-no-ha area with mobility using a touring app
- ●Consideration of next activities to improve mobility based on a review of issues in public transportation in Kashiwa City
- ●Holding a subcommittee meeting (once on September 26) and three study sessions (once in May, once in June, and once in August).
- ・Sharing of information on the above and discussion of how to proceed in the future
Figure 1: Organizing Kashiwa City’s public transportation issues (Mr. Sato, Kashiwa City Transportation Policy Division)
Figure 2: Participants in the first subcommittee meeting
Draft Activity Plan for FY2025
| Section name | City Planning and Public Transportation Subcommittee |
| Theme | Investigate the possibility of solving various issues related to urban development and public transportation by utilizing ITS technology |
| Chairman | Associate Professor Yozo Hiraiwa, University of Tokyo |
- ●The name of the subcommittee will be changed from “Joint Subcommittee on Urban Revitalization and Public Transportation” to “Urban Development and Public Transportation Subcommittee” to provide a forum for discussing various issues related to urban development and public transportation in Kashiwa City and the possibility of solving these issues using ITS technology.
- ●The following initiatives to improve circulation based on the organization of Kashiwa City’s public transportation issues will be studied for realization, with a view to applying for the national project.
- ●With regard to the study of the form of installation of automated bus departure and arrival facilities in the driving space demonstration experiment that was announced by the Road Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in February 2025 and adopted by Kashiwa City, the study will be based on the recognition of issues and opinions of those involved in urban development, including transportation companies, while assuming future improvements to bus departure and arrival facilities in Kashiwa City.
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