Public transport - Public transport

Japanese: 公営交通 - こうえいこうつう

Transportation businesses run by local governments. For example, as of September 1997, nine cities (the six major cities plus Sapporo, Sendai, and Fukuoka) operated subways, and three cities (Hakodate, Kumamoto, and Kagoshima) operated streetcars (Tokyo and Sapporo operated both). In fiscal 1994, these rail-based public transportation services carried 2.7 billion passengers, accounting for 12% of the total number of passengers carried by railways in the country, including JR. In addition, 56 prefectures, cities, towns, and villages operated buses, and in fiscal 1993, public buses carried 1.7 billion passengers, accounting for 28% of the total number of passengers carried by buses in the country.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

地方自治体が経営する交通事業。たとえば1997年9月現在で，六大都市と札幌，仙台，福岡の9市が地下鉄を経営し，函館，熊本，鹿児島の3市が路面電車を経営している(東京と札幌は両者を兼営)。1994年度のこれら軌道系公営交通の輸送人員は27億人で，JRを含む全国の鉄道輸送人員の12％を分担した。また，56の都県市町村がバスを経営し，93年度の公営バスの輸送人員は17億人で，全国バス輸送人員の28％を分担した。

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