Toyota City

Kazuya Nishi, Director,Transportation Policy Division,Urban Maintenance Department, Toyota City

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Population:421,316 (as of March 1, 2015) Area: 918.47 km2 (18% of Aichi Prefecture) Industrialized urban areas and hilly & mountainous

depopulated areas coexist.Aichi Prefecture

FCV

Water surface/river/waterway

Road

Housing site

Agricultural land

Forest

Others

Total area

Specialtiesof Toyota City

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TokyoOsaka Toyota CityNagoya

Overview of Toyota City

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Forest

Traffic

Realization of eco-friendly car life through smart use of car and road

Construction of human- and environmentally-friendly public transportation system

Maximization of CO2 absorption amount by strengthened thinning

Promotion of use of regional lumber

Educational activities for citizens and forest environmental education

Upgrading low-carbon society model districts

Building urban center where "human" and "green" coexist

Promoting widespread use of photovoltaic generation systems

Energy saving of lighting/ home electric appliances/ architectural structures

Improving environment-related knowledge and raising environmental awareness through visualization

Cooperation structure with residents, etc. in each region

Industry

Prevalence of environmental management by building the Toyota City Environmental Management Network

Promotion of transition to sustainable plants

Urban centerResidential

Hybrid[Target for CO2 reduction]2030: 30% reduction2050: 50% reduction

Efforts for “Environmental Model City”

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Mobility

Destination

Entire livingenvironment

Home

Optimizingenergy use in home

Construction of a low-carbontransportation system

Optimizing energyusage at commercialand public facilities

Support for greenconsumer behavior andoptimizing the energyusage of society as a whole

Overall picture of the Toyota City Low-Carbon Society Verification Project

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Phase 2

Phase 1

Planning areaIn Motoshiro-choArea for phase 1 = approx. 0.7 ha (opened in May 2012)Total planning area = approx. 1.55 ha (to be completed in March 2014)

Life zone

PR zone

Energy zone

Hydrogen Station

Multi-Mobile StationToyota Ecoful Town

Ecoful Town: An Area to Visualize and Better Understand Our Eco Efforts in Toyota City

House for local production of local energy consumption

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Source: 4th Chukyo Urban Area Person Trip Survey (2001)

Share of Various Means of Transportation in Toyota City

1,052

千トリップ

565

766

931

1,036

鉄道

6.0

5.0

6.0

6.5

7.6

バス

4.7

1.7

0.9

0.4

0.4

自動車

47.4

54.4

64.9

71.2

72.9

二輪車

10.5

11.6

10.4

8.1

6.8

徒歩

31.5

27.3

17.8

13.9

11.6

不明

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.6

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

凡例

S46

S56

H3

H13

H23

11.5 60.0 11.4 14.7

Toyota City1971

Toyota City1981

Toyota City1991

Toyota City2001

Toyota City2011

Chukyo area2011 1.3 1.2

High dependence on automobiles

Current State of Transportation in Toyota City and Relevant Issues (Transportation Utilization Ratio)

Railroad Bus Automobile WalkingTwo-wheeled vehicle

Legend Unknown Thousand trips

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History of Bus Routes in Toyota CityBus routes running through the city were discontinued one after another beginning in the latter half of the decade from 1965, and the number of routes operated by private bus operators decreased to less than one-quarter.

Public Transportation in Toyota City (Changes)

[1970] [2001]

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Local bus lines (15)

Major bus lines (14)(Oiden Bus)

Demand bus lines (7)

Railroad

Major bus lines (11)(Private bus)

Development of a Public Bus Network

2015 MarchCurrent public transportation

network7

Bus measures of Toyota city

Toyota city’s public buses 25 routes ・15 areas

(1) Major buses 25 routes(4) Local buses 15 areas

(3) Oiden Bus14 routes

(2) Private buses11 routes

(1) Major buses … the major routes that connect each spot (the central city, stations and local bases) mutually

(2) Private buses … the routes operated by private bus operators(3) Oiden Bus … the major routes operated by private bus operators, and the city

creates the route plan and bears the expense(4) Local buses … the community routes operated within each area, which access

to transportation nodes ( bus stops of major buses, etc.).

“Community Bus”

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Information on availability of parking space at parking lots in urban areas

Roadside live cameras (courtesy of local CATV stations)The top page is dedicated to information public transportation such as bus and train route searches and timetables.

“Michinavi Toyota,” a comprehensive portal site concerning movement, has been set up, allowing accessing of information on public transportation, route guidance, events, and tourism through the Internet, smart phones, and cellular phones.Smartphone apps available.

“Michinavi (Road Navigation) Toyota”

Search map

Urban area parking lots (information on availability of parking space)

Buses Trains

Live roadside web cameras

Vacant FullInformatio

n not available

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Next-Generation Mobillities

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Thank you very much for your kind attention

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