LAND TRANSPORTATION IN JAPAN: PLANNING FOR HIGH SPEEDS

This research report reviews 100 years of Japan's investment in public transportation: first, shipping and railways, recently road construction. Since 1955, the increasing demand for transportation of industrial goods led to rapid progress in road development. This report considers the impact of Japan's economic planning on land transportation. It describes the construction, use and economic effect of the New Tokaido Line, NTL, (1964): high-speed bullet trains connecting Tokyo-Nagoya and Osaka- Kobe. The Neishin and Tomei Expressways (1965 and 1969) complement the New Tokaido Line with which they form the backbone of the huge Tokaido megalopolis. Their construction, use and effects are demonstrated. Tables illustrate all aspects of the report.

• Corporate Authors:

  United Nations

  Centre for Regional Development, Nagono 1-47-1, Nakamura-ku
  Nagoya 450-001,   Japan 
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 44 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Businesses; Economic development; Foreign; Freight traffic; Governments; Ground transportation; High speed ground transportation; Planning; Public transit; Railroads; Research projects; Road construction; Shipping; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: Nihon kokuyu tetsudo; Shinkansen
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Government planning; National transportation policies
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads; Research; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072108
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Systems Center
• Report/Paper Numbers: TD-3
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 1975 12:00AM