A history of experimentation Since the Meiji restoration, and including Akira and Godzilla, Tokyo has always been the locus where the future fuses with the present and where one would expect the automated driving future to be well under construction. Indeed there are so many projects and experiments around vehicle automation it’s hard to keep […]
As automated driving slowly becomes a reality, the regions of Japan are looking into adapting their infrastructure to support the arrival of this new form of mobility. One area of interest has been the Michinoeki, or “roadside stations”. This network was started up in 1991 by the MInistry of Land and Transport out of a […]
(Pre- and post-tsunami Ishinomaki City, near the Arahama Primary School which was the only building standing for miles around) Carsharing is usually discussed as offering the possibility to not need to own a vehicle and just use the car when necessary. But in post-disaster Ishinomaki City in Northern Japan where the tsunami washed away over […]
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