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Promoting Construction of the Three Ring Expressways of the National Promoting Construction of the Three Ring Expressways of the National Capital Region Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway Central Circular Route This circular route is approximately 47 kilometers long and links areas within an approximate 8 to 10 kilometer radius from the center of Tokyo. With the section linking the No. 3 Shibuya Route to the Wangan Route completed in March 2015, the Central Circular Route fully opened to traffic. This has resulted in less concentration of traffic in the city center. The volume of traffic in the area within the Central Circular Route (*1) has declined by five percent and time lost due to traffic conges- tion (*2) has gone down by about 50 percent. Among other benefits, the time required to travel to Haneda Airport from Shinjuku during rush hour has been reduced by about 21 minutes. Tokyo Outer Ring Road (Gaikan) This route is approximately 85 kilometers long and links areas within an approximate 15 kilometer radius from the center of Tokyo. Up until now, a roughly 34 kilometer section between Oizumi Inter- change and Misato Minami Interchange has been in operation. Work is currently underway on the section between Misato Minami Interchange and the Higashi-Kanto Expressway, which is due to be completed in fiscal year 2017. In April 2007, the city plan for the section between the Kan-etsu Expressway and the Tomei expressway was changed from an elevated route to an underground route and the project became ready for implementation in May 2009. Currently this project is being carried out by the central government and the East and Central Japan Expressway Companies. The TMG is requesting that the central government and the expressway companies complete this project in time for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Regarding the section between the Tomei Expressway and Wangan Roadway, since no concrete plan is yet in place, the TMG is working with the central government and other related bodies with the aim of formulating a plan as soon as possible. Metropolitan Inter-City Expressway (Ken-o-do) This route is approximately 300 kilometers long and extends over Tokyo and its four surrounding prefectures at an approximate 40 to 60 kilometer radius from the center of Tokyo. With the opening of the Takaosan Interchange to Sagamihara-Aikawa Interchange section in June 2014, the entire 24.6 kilometer portion of the expressway that runs through Tokyo (Ome Interchange to Sakaigawa, Kana- gawa Prefecture), is in service, and the Kan-etsu, Chuo, and Tomei expressways are now linked by the 㪤 㪫㫆㪿㫆㫂㫌㩷㪡㫌㫂㪸㫅㩷㪜㫏㫇㫉㪼㫊㫊㫎㪸 㪼㫋㫉㫆 Metropolitan Inter-City Expressway. 㫇㫆㫃㫀㫋 㪸㫅㩷㪠㫅 㫋㪼㫉㪄㪚 㪢 㫀㫋㫐㩷㪜㫏㫇㫉㪼 㪸㫅 㫊㫊㫎㪸 㪄㪼 㫐 㫋㫊 㫌 㩷 㪜 㫏 㫇 㫉 㪼 㫊 㫊 㫐 㩷 㫎 㩷 㪸㫐 㪸㫐 㫊㫎 㫉㪼㫊 㫏㫇 㪾 㩷㪜 㫀㫅 㫊 㫅 㩷㪩 㫋㫀㪼 㪸 㫉 㩷㪺㫀 㪹 㫋㪼 㫉㪼 㩷㪦㫌㫋㪼㫉㩷㪩㫀㫅㪾㩷㪩㫆㪸㪻 㫆 㫌 㪺㫆 㫐㫆 㪡 㩷㪦 㩷 㫆㫂 㫆 㪾 㪫 㫐 㫀㫅 㫂 㫂 㫆 㫀㫅 㪫 㫃 㩷 㩷 㪻 㪼 㪻 㫋 㪸 㫅 㫆㫇㫆 㫌 㫆 㫋㫉 㫃㫀㫋㪸 㫆 㪉 㪼 㫅㩷 㪩 㪤 㪜 㪩㫆㫌㫋㪼㩷㪈㪇 㫆㩷 㪚㫀㫉㪺 㫏㫇 㩷㪩 㪫㫆㫂㫐 㫃㩷 㫌㫃㪸 㫉㪼 㫆 㪫㪸㫄㪸㩷㪪㪿㫀㫅㫁㫌㫂㫌㩷㪩㫆㫌㫋 㫋㫉㪸 㫉㩷㪩 㫊㫊 㫀㫋 㪚㪼㫅 㫆 㫎㪸 㪤 㪥㪸㫉㫀㫋㪸㩷 㫌 㫐 㫐㩷 㫋㪼 㪸 㪠㫅㫋㪼㫉㫅㪸㫋㫀㫆㫅㪸㫃㩷 㪰㫆㫂㫆㫋㪸㩷㪘㫀㫉㪽㫀㪼㫃㪻 㪼 㫊㫊㫎 㪢㪼㫀㫐㫆㩷㪩㫆㪸㪻 㫉㪼 㪘㫀㫉㫇㫆㫉㫋 㪿㫀㪄㪢㪸㫅㫋㫆㩷㪜㫏㫇㩷 㪚㪿㫆㪽㫌㩷㪘㫀㫉㪽㫀㪼㫃㪻 㪟㪸㫉㫌㫄㫀㩷㪩㫆㫌㫋 㪟㫀㪾㪸㫊 㪻 㫆㪸 㪚㪿㫌㫆㩷㪜㫏㫇㫉㪼㫊㫊㫎㪸㫐 㪼 㪼㩷㪩 㪿㫆㫉 㫐㩷㪪 㩷㪙㪸 㫆㫂㫐㫆 㪉㫅㪻㩷㪫 㪧㫆㫉㫋㩷㫆㪽㩷㪫㫆㫂㫐㫆 㪚㪿㫀㪹㪸㩷㪧㫆㫉㫋 㪟㪸㫅㪼㪻㪸㩷㪘㫀㫉㫇㫆㫉㫋 㪫㫆㫂㫐㫆㩷㪮㪸㫅㩷㪘㫈㫌㪸㪄㫃㫀㫅 㪢㪸㫎㪸㫊㪸㫂㫀㩷 㪧㫆㫉㫋 㪼 㪰㫆㫂㫆㪿㪸㫄㪸㩷㪧㫆㫉㫋 㪼 㪟㫀㪾㪸㫊㪿㫀㪄㪢㪸㫅㫋㫆㩷㪜㫏㫇㫉㪼㫊㫊㫎㪸㫐㩷 㪫㫆㫄㪼㫀㩷㪜㫏㫇㫉㪼㫊㫊㫎㪸㫐 㪫㪸㫋㪼㫐㪸㫄㪸㩷㪩㫆㫌㫋 .GIGPF 㪚㫆㫄㫇㫃㪼㫋㪼㪻 㪧㫃㪸㫅㫅㪼㪻㩷㫆㫇㪼㫅㫀㫅㪾㩷㫀㫅㩷㪽㫀㫊㪺㪸㫃㩷㪉㪇㪈㪌 㪘㫊㩷㫆㪽㩷㪝㪼㪹㫉㫌㪸㫉㫐㩷㪉㪇㪈㪌 㪬㫅㪻㪼㫉㩷㪺㫆㫅㫊㫋㫉㫌㪺㫋㫀㫆㫅㩷㫆㫉㩷㪼㫊㫋㪸㪹㫃㫀㫊㪿㪼㪻㩷㪺㫀㫋㫐㩷㫇㫃㪸㫅㫊 ※1：Area within the Central Circular Route: Not including the 㪩㫆㪸㪻㫊㩷㫌㫅㪻㪼㫉㩷㪺㫆㫅㫊㫀㪻㪼㫉㪸㫋㫀㫆㫅 Central Circular Route or the Wangan Roadway 㪧㫃㪸㫅㫅㪼㪻㩷㫉㫆㪸㪻㫊 㪘㫀㫉㫇㫆㫉㫋㩷㫆㫉㩷㪸㫀㫉㪽㫀㪼㫃㪻 غ Lost time due to traffic congestion: time taken to：2※ 㪧㫆㫉㫋㫊㩷㪸㫅㪻㩷㪿㪸㫉㪹㫆㫉㫊 گ destination minus time taken at normal speed multiplied by total volume of cars 0QVG$CUGFQP6JG0CVKQPCN%CRKVCN4GIKQP&GXGNQROGPV2NCP 23 Development of Railways and New Transportation Systems Tokyo’s railways and new transport systems are unrivalled in the world in their extensive network, precision, and safety. The TMG will continue its efforts to further improve the networks, make it easier to transfer between train lines, provide more barrier-free environ- ments and services, and solve issues with railway crossings. Improvement of Subway Lines The construction of subway lines has been implemented based on a central government council’s report (Council for Transport Policy Report No. 18). In addition, the TMG is working to promote the improvement and integration of subway services, and increase passenger convenience. Tsukuba Express/Nippori-Toneri Liner The Tsukuba Express (New Joban Line), which links Akihabara and Tsukuba, was developed to ease crowding on JR Joban Line trains, enhance the public transportation network in the northeastern portion of Tokyo, and promote the growth of the areas along the line. The whole line opened in August 2005. The Nippori-Toneri Liner was planned as a new transportation system to resolve the inconvenience of poor public transport in northeastern Tokyo and contribute to the development of the areas along the line by linking Nippori and Minumadai-shinsuikoen. It opened in March 2008. Tsukuba Express (New Joban Line) Nippori-Toneri Liner Rinkai Line/Yurikamome The Rinkai Line and New Transit Yurikamome were planned with aims that include enhancing the public transportation network in the Tokyo Waterfront Sub-center and contributing to the promotion of devel- opment of the areas along the lines. Full operation of the Rinkai Line began in December 2002, with mutual use of the operation facilities with the JR Saikyo Line. The Yurikamome began operations between Shimbashi and Ariake in November 1995, and between Ariake and Toyosu in March 2006. Rinkai Line Yurikamome Tama Monorail The Tama Monorail was planned to enhance the public transportation network in the Tama area and strengthen mutual cooperation between core cities. The section between Tachikawa-kita and Kamikitadai, and the section between Tachikawa-kita and Tama Center opened in November 1998 and January 2000, respectively. Tama Monorail 24 Basic Policy for Railway Crossing Measures Approximately 1,050 level railway crossings still remain in Tokyo (as of the end of March 2014), causing traffic congestion and many other problems. The Basic Policy for Railway Crossing Measures was formulated in June 2004 with the $GHQTG #HVGT aim to enhance Tokyo’s attractiveness as a global city and to promote urban renewal. In this basic policy, 394 level crossings were selected as priority areas for study and project implementation by fiscal 2025. Among these priority areas, 20 sections were then selected to be exam- Example of large-scale project ined for construction of two-level cross- Resource: Bureau of ings by elevating or lowering the tracks, for two-level crossings Construction and 83 sections were selected to be (Keikyu Line near Ring Road No. 8) examined for other measures such as $GHQTG #HVGT two-level crossings using road elevation or tunneling, provision of pedestrian ೨ ᓟ overpasses or underpasses, shorter bell warnings of train approach, and road- widening across the tracks. The early implementation of measures for railway crossings is presently being pursued based on this basic policy. Example of road-widened crossing BRT Linking the City Center and Tokyo Waterfront City The TMG is planning to introduce BRT as a new transport service centering on Ring Expressway No. 2 and linking the city center to Tokyo Waterfront City. Expectations are that the Kachidoki, Harumi, Toyosu and Waterfront City area will develop as a new face of Tokyo, which offers residential space and also increased capabilities as a MICE and international tourism desti- nation. However, there are places where access to rail services is poor and there is overcrowding at some stations and their surrounding areas during rush hour. Moreover, around 6,000 housing units are scheduled to be created in the repurposing of the Olympic Village following the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, meaning that transportation needs in Articulated bus the area will increase further. To respond to needs quickly and flexibly, a set of core aims was formulated in August 2014 and project partners were sought. The “Committee for BRT Linking the City Center and Waterfront City” was established and discussions held from a range of perspectives about developing a BRT system. A basic plan, or draft plan for the project, was compiled in April 2015. Later, in accordance with the basic plan, bids were solicited for a BRT operator and in September 2015, an operator was selected. With the aim of launching operations in 2019, the TMG is progressing with implementation of a BRT system that surpasses traditional bus travel, making use of fuel cell buses, which will have board- ing and alighting available at all doors, easy payment methods to avoid delays, technology for preci- sion stopping at bus stops, and a consistent design concept throughout the sytem. 25 Promotion of Aviation Policies It is essential to bolster the airport functions of the National Capital Region for Tokyo to develop as a global city. The TMG is taking many initiatives to address this challenge. These include efforts to further strengthen functionality at Haneda Airport and increase its interna- tional flights and to have Yokota airspace returned to Japan. Enhancing Functionality of Haneda Airport and Increasing I nternational Flight Services The TMG had been lobbying the central government to re-expand and introduce regular interna- tional flights to Haneda Airport, and had also cooperated in a variety of ways including providing the central government with interest-free
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