Reduced travel by public transportation Tokyo 45% NY87% Apple released data April 15 15:08

US IT giant Apple has begun to publish data showing changes in the movement of users around the world in order to support measures against the new coronavirus.

Apple has begun to release data that shows the change in the amount of movement of users based on the situation where the map application was used, in the form of protecting personal information without linking it to the user's ID. It is summarized.

From January 13th, before the spread of the new coronavirus spread worldwide, we have shown the changes in the amount of movement by public transportation, automobiles, and walking in 63 countries and regions and major cities.

Among them, according to Japanese data, as of the 13th, the number of movements by public transportation decreased by 38.3%, that of cars by 25.8%, and that of walks by 36.2% compared with 3 months ago.

In Tokyo, public transportation decreased by 45.1%, automobiles decreased by 28.4%, and walking decreased by 43%.

On the other hand, looking at major overseas cities, the number of transfers by public transportation decreased by 87.2% in both New York and London and by 94.8% in Rome.

Walking movements also decreased by 80.7% in New York, 77.2% in London and 94.1% in Rome.

In Japan, seven prefectures have been declared as emergency situations, and they are calling for refraining from going out in various places, but the movement of people has not decreased compared to overseas cities that have stricter restrictions on going out. You can see.