Symposium on "Attractiveness of Railways and Areas in the Tokyo Area - Issues and Future Prospects -"
- Railways and Railway and Area Development
| Organizer | Japan Transport Research Institute (JTRI) |
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| Date / Time | Fri, Jul 20,2018 13:00～18:00 |
| Venue | The SASAKAWA HALL |
Event Summary
Even as Japan becomes an aging society with a low birthrate, the population continues to grow in the Tokyo area. In the city center, development is progressing due to urban revitalization in view of international competition between cities, and at some railway stations, congestion is intensifying. In the suburbs, housing estates developed in the areas along railway lines are approaching the renewal period, and how to maintain the attractiveness as a residential area is a challenge for revitalizing the area and railways. In addition, new issues and challenging themes have emerged for railways and their areas, such as responding to the rapidly increasing number of tourists visiting Japan and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, and applying innovations to create better communities in the future.
In this symposium, based on these circumstances, we discussed from a long-term perspective how to create attractive railways and areas supporting the Tokyo area in the future.
Participants
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Kozo Fujita, Deputy Vice-Minister, Minister's Secretariat, Policy Bureau, Railway Bureau, Civil Aviation Bureau, District Transport Bureau, etc.)
Railway companies, local governments, independent administrative agencies, public interest corporations, universities, think tank, construction consultants, construction company, manufacturers, other companies, and individuals.
Number of participants : 600
Program of the seminar is as the following
| Opening Remarks |
Masafumi Shukuri |
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| Honorable Guest Remarks |
Kozo Fujita |
| Keynote Speech |
Shigeru Morichi “Future Regional Vitalization and Ideal Way of Urban Railway” |
| Presentation |
Makoto Ito “Changes in the Number of Passengers Getting On and Off at Stations in the Tokyo Area and Their Factors” ～Relationship with Regional Characteristics～ |
| Special Lecture |
Hiroto Izumi "Innovation and Regional Revitalization" |
| Special Lecture |
“Mid- to Long-Term Business Strategies and Projects for Each Railway Company” Yoichi Kise Fumiaki Shiroishii Kazufumi Noyaki Noriaki Iida Shu Igarashi Yutaka Tsuzuki |
| Panel Discussion |
“The Appeal of Railways and Areas in the Tokyo Area 30 Years from Now” |