April 16, 2013
03:47 - 24-Hour Tokyo Subway Planned Under Abenomics Initiative
PW: http://t.co/vBgrRZNzj2
Damn, whatz next? Underground utility lines, housing insulation, bike lanes... ???
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April 16, 2013
03:47 - 24-Hour Tokyo Subway Planned Under Abenomics Initiative
PW: http://t.co/vBgrRZNzj2
wagyl wrote:There are still plenty of people who live outside the area serviced by the Metro.
This may be old news to everyone else but I didn't realise it until I researched it just then: I was thinking "How can they compel a private company to provide that standard of service?" It turns out that Tokyo Metro is 53.42% owned by the Ministry of Finance, 46.58% owned by Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The old "Eidan" name should have given me a clue though.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Toei is 100% owned by the Tokyo Metro Government.
wagyl wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:Toei is 100% owned by the Tokyo Metro Government.
and 100% useless, in that most of the time it doesn't go places you want to go.
wagyl wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:Toei is 100% owned by the Tokyo Metro Government.
and 100% useless, in that most of the time it doesn't go places you want to go, and when it does, it costs more than the alternatives.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:It seems they're talking about making the Toei Line 24 hours not the Metro. Toei is 100% owned by the Tokyo Metro Government.
Taro Toporific wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:It seems they're talking about making the Toei Line 24 hours not the Metro. Toei is 100% owned by the Tokyo Metro Government.
Now there are a bunch of Japanese news reports about it.
___________________...the plan to begin operating 24 hours a day on routes connecting Shibuya and Roppongi. The starting time is "about Christmas."
Samurai_Jerk wrote:They want to combine the Toei and Metro systems and have the trains run 24 hours? Fuckin' schweet. I'll believe it when I see it though.
Tokyo's 24-hour service on Toei subway and bus lines beginning around Christmas
RocketNews24.com | 2013/04/16 (Japanese edition)
..."Stop it! The death from overwork will be increased."...
...Some people are glad, some people are anxious.
In addition, there are many people who are worried that they no longer will be able to get away from forced work and drinking with the excuse, "it's the last train." With 24-hour operation of the city subway lines and buses, how our lives would be changed. Great expectations.
Inose eyes 24-hour bus service
The Japan Times | 2013/04/16
Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose expressed his hope Monday in New York to start a 24-hour bus service between Shibuya and Roppongi ( ) by the end of this year, a Tokyo Metropolitan Government official said.
Inose was referring to a proposal by private-sector members of the central government’s Industrial Competitiveness Council for designating special regulatory reform zones.
The proposal also recommends that the metropolitan government promote 24-hour service on lines operated by Toei Subway.
But Inose indicated that 24-hour subway services would be difficult to accomplish in the immediate future, the official said.
The council has also proposed that the metropolitan government approve medical practices for holders of foreign medical licenses and provide foreign-language emergency medical services in Tokyo.
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Taro Toporific wrote:
The council has also proposed that the metropolitan government approve medical practices for holders of foreign medical licenses and provide foreign-language emergency medical services in Tokyo.
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I agree.Samurai_Jerk wrote:The more info that comes out about this 24 hour subway thing the less likely it seems to happen.
Roppongi to Shibuya is walking distance. Even a drunk Kusanagi can almost do it and almost keep his clothes on. Not to mention what you are meant to do when you arrive at Shibuya at 2:30 a.m.Samurai_Jerk wrote:Wow, a test run of a 24-hour bus between Shibuya and Roppongi. That sounds like it'll be a big help
wagyl wrote:Roppongi to Shibuya is walking distance. Even a drunk Kusanagi can almost do it and almost keep his clothes on. Not to mention what you are meant to do when you arrive at Shibuya at 2:30 a.m.Samurai_Jerk wrote:Wow, a test run of a 24-hour bus between Shibuya and Roppongi. That sounds like it'll be a big help
wagyl wrote:Roppongi to Shibuya is walking distance. Even a drunk Kusanagi can almost do it and almost keep his clothes on. Not to mention what you are meant to do when you arrive at Shibuya at 2:30 a.m.
yanpa wrote:wagyl wrote:Roppongi to Shibuya is walking distance. Even a drunk Kusanagi can almost do it and almost keep his clothes on. Not to mention what you are meant to do when you arrive at Shibuya at 2:30 a.m.
Take a well-deserved rest at one of the many establishments on Dogenzaka?
Samurai_Jerk wrote:wagyl wrote:Roppongi to Shibuya is walking distance. Even a drunk Kusanagi can almost do it and almost keep his clothes on. Not to mention what you are meant to do when you arrive at Shibuya at 2:30 a.m.Samurai_Jerk wrote:Wow, a test run of a 24-hour bus between Shibuya and Roppongi. That sounds like it'll be a big help
On the plus side, that'll probably be a pretty fucking fun bus ride at two in the morning.
IparryU wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:wagyl wrote:Roppongi to Shibuya is walking distance. Even a drunk Kusanagi can almost do it and almost keep his clothes on. Not to mention what you are meant to do when you arrive at Shibuya at 2:30 a.m.Samurai_Jerk wrote:Wow, a test run of a 24-hour bus between Shibuya and Roppongi. That sounds like it'll be a big help
On the plus side, that'll probably be a pretty fucking fun bus ride at two in the morning.
+1
Samurai_Jerk wrote:yanpa wrote:wagyl wrote:Roppongi to Shibuya is walking distance. Even a drunk Kusanagi can almost do it and almost keep his clothes on. Not to mention what you are meant to do when you arrive at Shibuya at 2:30 a.m.
Take a well-deserved rest at one of the many establishments on Dogenzaka?
A fashionable rest for your health?
Samurai_Jerk wrote:IparryU wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:On the plus side, that'll probably be a pretty fucking fun bus ride at two in the morning.
+1
My prediction is they'll get shitloads of drunk gaijin using the route and decide that 24-hour buses are too dangerous and the plan will be scrapped.
Big Booger wrote:I don't know, I think maybe the 24 hour thing is good... apart from all the homeless that might hop on the loop line and ride and ride and ride while snoozing on the comfortable bench seats!
Taro Toporific wrote:{Fucked-in-the-head} Majority oppose 24 hour buses and trains
whatjapanthinks.com | by Ken Y-N | April 23, 2013
...one major negative issue is that currently the last train home is often the only excuse employees have for leaving work (labour protection laws are poorly enforced, and the pressure from societal norms means a lot of unpaid overtime is worked) or indeed obligatory after-work drinkies, so removing the final escape route could make the average employees lot much worse.
So, with that in mind, Yahoo! conducted an open news poll asking is 24 hour city buses and underground necessary? At the time of writing, seven days into an ten-day poll, 41,587 people have voted. 22% say both are needed, 5% say buses only, and 17% underground only. However, these three are outweighed by the noes to both, with 58% saying that both forms of round-the-clock public transport are not necessary.
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chokonen888 wrote:Taro Toporific wrote:{Fucked-in-the-head} Majority oppose 24 hour buses and trains
whatjapanthinks.com | by Ken Y-N | April 23, 2013
...one major negative issue is that currently the last train home is often the only excuse employees have for leaving work (labour protection laws are poorly enforced, and the pressure from societal norms means a lot of unpaid overtime is worked) or indeed obligatory after-work drinkies, so removing the final escape route could make the average employees lot much worse.
So, with that in mind, Yahoo! conducted an open news poll asking is 24 hour city buses and underground necessary? At the time of writing, seven days into an ten-day poll, 41,587 people have voted. 22% say both are needed, 5% say buses only, and 17% underground only. However, these three are outweighed by the noes to both, with 58% saying that both forms of round-the-clock public transport are not necessary.
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Enforce labor protections laws that are already in place?
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