Kazuya Nishi, Director,
Transportation Policy Division,Urban Maintenance Department, Toyota City
Toyota City0

Overview of Toyota City 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
Water surface/river/waterway
Road

Osaka

OthersTokyo
NagoyaToyotaCity

Housing site

Agricultural land

Total area

ForestSpecialties
of Toyota City
PearPeach

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Efforts for “Environmental Model City”

Traffic
 Realization of eco-friendly car life
through smart use of car and road
 Construction of human- andenvironmentally-friendly public
transportation system

Industry Prevalence of environmental
management by building theToyota City Environmental
Management Network
 Promotion of transition tosustainable plants

Forest Maximization of CO2 absorption
amount by strengthened thinning Promotion of use of regional
lumber Educational activities for citizens[Target for CO2 reduction]and forest environmental
2030: 30% reduction education

Hybrid2050: 50% reduction
Residential
 Promoting widespread use ofphotovoltaic generation systems
 Energy saving of lighting/ home electricappliances/ architectural structures
 Improving environment-related
knowledge and raising environmental
awareness through visualization
 Cooperation structure with residents,etc. in each region

Urban center Upgrading low-carbon society
model districts
 Building urban center where"human" and "green" coexist

2Overall picture of the Toyota City Low-Carbon Society Verification Project
Construction of a low-carbon
transportation system

Entire living Support for green
environment consumer behavior andMobility

optimizing the energy
usage of society as a whole

Optimizing
energy use in homeHome

DestinationOptimizing energy
usage at commercialand public facilities

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Ecoful Town: An Area to Visualize and Better Understand Our Eco Efforts in Toyota City
House for local production of local
energy consumption

Phase 2
Life zone

Phase 1
Hydrogen Station

Energy zone
Multi-Mobile Station

Toyota Ecoful Town
 Planning area
In Motoshiro-cho

PR zoneArea for phase 1 = approx. 0.7 ha (opened in May 2012)
Total planning area = approx. 1.55 ha (to be completed in March 2014)4

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

Share of Various Means of Transportation in Toyota City0%

20%
Bus
バス

40%Automobile
自動車

60%

80%

Two-wheeled
二輪車
vehicleLegend
凡例

Railroad
鉄道

Toyota City
1971S46

6.0 4.7

47.4

Toyota CityS56
1981

5.0 1.7

54.4

ToyotaCity H3
1991

6.0 0.9

Toyota City
H132001

6.5 0.4

71.2

8.1

Toyota CityH23
2011

7.6 0.4

72.9

6.8 11.6 0.6 1,052

Chukyo area
2011

11.5

60.0

10.5

11.6

64.9

1.3

徒歩
Walking

100%

High dependence on automobiles

不明
Unknown

Thousand trips
千トリップ

31.5

0.056527.3

0.0766

0.0931

10.417.8

11.4

13.9 0.0 1,036

14.7

1.2

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

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Public Transportation in Toyota City (Changes)

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.
[1970][2001]

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Development of a Public Bus Network

Railroad
Major bus lines (14)(Oiden Bus)
Major bus lines (11)(Private bus)
Local bus lines (15)Demand bus lines (7)2015 March
Current public transportation
network
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Bus measures of Toyota city

Toyota city’s public buses 25 routes ・15 areas(1) Major buses 25 routes(4) Local buses 15 areas(2) Private buses
11 routes(3) Oiden Bus
14 routes“Community Bus”
(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 accessto transportation nodes ( bus stops of major buses, etc.).
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“Michinavi (Road Navigation) Toyota”“Michinavi Toyota,” a comprehensive portal site concerning
movement, has been set up, allowing accessing of information on
public transportation, route guidance, events, and tourism throughthe Internet, smart phones, and cellular phones.
Smartphone apps available.

VacantFull

Informatio
n notavailable

Information on availability of parking space atparking lots in urban areas

SearchmapUrban area parking lots (information onavailability of parking space)

Buses

TrainsLive roadside
web cameras

The top page is dedicated to information public transportationsuch as bus and train route searches and timetables.

Roadside live cameras (courtesy of local CATV stations)9Next-Generation Mobillities

10Thank you very much for your kind attention

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