JAPAN’S URBAN TRANSPORTATIONSYSTEMS AND THE ROLE OF LRT

JTPA Japan Transportation Planning Association

= for Bishkek City Government Study Mission =

Tuesday, 3 Sep. 2013

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What’s JTPA

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What’s JTPA’s Work Fields

Transport Hub (Station plaza), Crossing removal

Automated Guideway Transit (AGT), Guideway Bus, Light-rail Transit (LRT), Bus-rapid Transit (BRT)

Bicycle,Paratransit,

Personal mobility

Integrated Transport Policy, Urban Renewal

Heritage-restored / Environmentally Sustainable Dev.

OverseasActivities

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Mass Transit Urban Railway/Subway

Medium Capacity Transit Monorail

Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) *

Light Rail Transit (LRT) **

(grade separated)

Guideway Bus System

Short Distance Transport Systems

Small - Medium Capacity TransitLight Rail Transit (LRT) ***

(at grade, within road right-of way)

Small Capacity Transit Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) ****

Bus System (Ordinal; Demand-typed)

Others (inclu. Mini-bus, Para-Transit)

Urban Public Transport

** such as LRTs in Metro Manila, Philippines

**** BRT is regionally called as Key Route Bus in Japan.

*** LRT is locally called such as Streetcar, Tram, Tramway, Light Rail or Light Railway.

* AGT is regionally called as: New Transport System (NTS) in Japan, Automated

...People Mover (APM) in North America.

Source: MLIT, 2012

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(at grade)

, LRT (grade separated)

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◆ Beijing◆Shanghai

Colombo MC ◆

◆Colombo District

HCMC ◆

Hanoi ◆

Bishkek◆

Metro Cebu ◆

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LRT provides passengers quicker and moreregular moving, and realize modal changefrom private cars and other transport modes.

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“PORTRAM” in ToyamaOpening : April 2006

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2006

The Toyama PORTRAM, currently reconstructed LRT whichhad transformed from JR Toyama-port line, has realized toincrease the number of daily users by 2.2 times inweekdays and 5.3 times in weekend; especially the numberof aged users of more than 60-year-old increased by 3.5and 7.4 times in each period.

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LRT of the next generation, is more environment-friendly public transport system and more accessibleto aged and physically or socially handicappedpassengers.

HiroshimaGreenmover

Kagoshima YOUTRAMⅡ

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YOUTRAMOperated by

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Inner Urban area Outer Urban area

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Green MoverOperated by

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MOMOOperated by

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LRTOperated by

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HEARTRAMOperated by

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LRTOperated by

Scope by Japan’s maker:

System Integration,Train, E&M System, Civil,Maintenance

© 2012 MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. All Rights Reserved.

System Overview

Speed Max 65km/h

Number of

Cars73 cars

Passenger

Capacity

28,500 pphpd *

(600 thousand/day)

* Passengers per hour per direction 18

© 2012 MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. All Rights Reserved.

•Completed Successfully a Full Turnkey Project•taken a role as System Integrator•Provided continuously Higher Service

Availability since opening in 1999•Provided more than 10 years of Maintenance

by promoting Technical Transfer & Localization

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Japan’s Maker has:

20Source： Nagasaki City LRT Navigation Promotion Association

Finding Current Location of LRVs

Getting Information on Tourism, Barriers around the Stop, etc.Ride-reservation servicesfor aged/handicapped passengers

A 102-year-oldwooden LRV is also

used for those services!

Example in

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Navigation Pictureson the Smart-phone

電波マーカ

赤外線マーカ

Radio Transmitter

on road

Information Services for Handicapped persons

Source: MLIT, http://www.tokyo-ubinavi.jp/index_en.html 22

Ginza Area forDemonstration experiment

Ideas for Shifting Transport Modesto More Advanced Systems

following increasing in passenger needs

OrdinaryPublic

Transportson road Light-rail

Transit (LRT)

New Transport

System (NTS)

Guideway Bus (GB)

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

More Advanced Transport Systems

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