At Mt. Yoshino in Nara Prefecture, which is known as a famous place for cherry blossoms, a demonstration experiment using an electric car tour bus has begun in an attempt to eliminate traffic congestion and realize a carbon-free society.
Yoshinoyama in Yoshino Town, Nara Prefecture is crowded with tourists as a famous place for cherry blossoms in spring and autumn leaves in autumn, but the issue is how to eliminate the traffic congestion caused by the entry of private cars.
For this reason, Yoshino Town, in collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment, has begun a demonstration experiment to alleviate traffic congestion by utilizing a sightseeing bus for electric vehicles that travels around the town.
Electric vehicles do not emit carbon dioxide while driving, and Yoshino Town and others want to contribute to the realization of a carbon-free society.
The demonstration experiment, which started on the 20th, will be held for 6 days, mainly on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays until the 28th of this month, during which anyone can use the sightseeing buses of the two electric cars for free.
At the same time, the towns and others have decided to make some areas in the town a pedestrian paradise or one-way streets, and they would like to verify whether such measures were effective in alleviating traffic congestion and consider whether to introduce them in earnest. is.
Shota Nakai, the mayor of Yoshino Town, said, "The question is how to create an environment-friendly transportation system, and I hope that this demonstration experiment will lead to a change in the consciousness of townspeople and tourists. I said.