The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) will initiate the demonstration operation of fully cashless buses in autumn or later.
Approximately ten routes will be selected, focusing on general route buses that have a limited user base, tourist routes that have a high number of foreign visitors and tourists, lifestyle routes that have a diverse user base, and routes where the cashless payment ratio is high, as well as routes that are concurrently conducting other demonstration operations, such as autonomous driving. The target routes will be decided by around August, and the demonstration operation is scheduled to start around November.
Currently, the cash payment ratio for buses is about 10%, with some routes having less than 1%.
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