{"id":2464,"date":"2025-08-08T11:05:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T02:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kashiwa-its.jp\/en\/?page_id=2464"},"modified":"2026-06-24T14:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:31:33","slug":"committee5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kashiwa-its.jp\/en\/committee5\/","title":{"rendered":"Automated Driving Subcommittee"},"content":{"rendered":"

As of May 20, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Committee name<\/td>\nAutomated Driving Subcommittee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Theme<\/td>\nCollecting various data and issues through the demonstration experiments of automated driving buses, and studying the deepening of operation content and the way mid- to long-term operation should be.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chairman<\/td>\nProfessor Kimihiko Nakano, The University of Tokyo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Main activities in FY2025<\/h2>\n
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Demonstration experiment of Level 4 automated driving bus commercial operation in the Kashiwanoha area<\/dt>\n
\u30fbA long-term demonstration experiment (Level 2 operation) began on November 1, 2019, in the approximately 2.6 km area between Kashiwanoha-campus Station and Kashiwa Campus, but from January 13, 2026, Level 4 operation in a partial section (approx. 0.7 km) and Level 2 operation in all other sections commenced. For this purpose, approval as a Level 4 automated driving vehicle, permission for specified automated operation, and approval for specified automated operation passenger transport were obtained. In addition, an opinion exchange meeting with citizens and four citizen test-ride events were held. Traffic light collaboration (remaining green light seconds) is used for Level 4 automated operation, but for other traffic light collaboration and the utilization of target object information, performance confirmation, data transmission\/reception confirmation, and evaluation of smoothness effects through numerical calculations were conducted under Level 2 operation. Identification of issues and examination of countermeasures toward further cooperative Level 4 automated driving will be conducted.<\/dd>\n
Basic Agreement of the Automated Driving Bus Introduction Study Group<\/dt>\n
\u30fbThe renewal of the validity period and modifications to Articles 9 and 11 regarding intellectual property and confidentiality have been made, aiming to conclude the agreement within the fiscal year.<\/dd>\n
*Automated buses will continue as in the previous fiscal year. Click here for more details.<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Operation Route<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Level 4 Automated Driving Bus<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Holding of the Automated Driving Subcommittee<\/dt>\n
1st Meeting: September 2, 2025 \/ 2nd Meeting: February 24, 2026<\/dd>\n
Holding of the Automated Driving Bus Introduction Study Group<\/dt>\n
1st Meeting: June 27, 2025<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Draft activity plan for FY2026<\/h2>\n
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\u30fbAiming for the continuous operation of Level 4 automated driving buses, continuing to collect various data and issues, and studying the advancement of Level 4 operation content and the way mid- to long-term operation should be<\/dt>\n
\u30fbDemonstration experiments aimed at solving problems in the road traffic environment along automated operation routes<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As of May 20, 2026 Committee name Automated Driving Subcommittee Theme Collecting various data and issues through the demonstration experiments of automated driving buses, and studying the deepening of operation content and the way mid- to long-term operation should be. Chairman Professor Kimihiko Nakano, The University of Tokyo Main activities in FY2025 Demonstration experiment of Level 4 automated driving bus commercial operation in the Kashiwanoha area \u30fbA long-term demonstration experiment (Level 2 operation) began on November 1, 2019, in the approximately 2.6 km area between Kashiwanoha-campus Station and Kashiwa Campus, but from January 13, 2026, Level 4 operation in a partial section (approx. 0.7 km) and Level 2 operation in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2464","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kashiwa-its.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kashiwa-its.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kashiwa-its.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kashiwa-its.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kashiwa-its.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2464"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kashiwa-its.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2504,"href":"https:\/\/www.kashiwa-its.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2464\/revisions\/2504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kashiwa-its.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}