An organization formed by volunteers from mayors of municipalities across the country has announced that five new cities and towns will be providing ride-sharing services using a system expanded by the government. He announced that he was going to start a business.
Until now, ride-sharing had been allowed in depopulated areas where it was difficult to secure a means of transportation, under the management of local governments, but in December last year, the government announced that it would be difficult to secure a means of transportation at certain times of the day, such as at night. We have decided to expand the system to include areas that cannot be secured.
In response to this, the Mayors' Association for Creating Vibrant Regions, a volunteer group of municipal mayors, held a press conference in Tokyo on the 22nd and announced that a total of five cities and towns will start new ride-sharing businesses. I made it.
The businesses will start in
Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Komatsu City
, Ishikawa Prefecture
, Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture, Maizuru City
, Kyoto Prefecture
, and Takamori Town, Kumamoto Prefecture.
In Beppu City, while the number of tourists from Japan and abroad is increasing, there is a shortage of taxi and bus drivers, which is having an impact on the means of transportation in the area. The plan is to start business in areas where fares are less than 80% of taxi fares.
Beppu City Mayor Yasuhiro Nagano said, ``Even as demand for tourism increases, it is important to ensure that citizens have a means of transportation for shopping, going to the hospital, etc.'' I'll think about it,'' he said.