The Japanese capital Tokyo is suffering from a problem that may seem strange to some, but this problem is in fact a headache in the head of the Japanese government for more than 40 years, abandoned bikes. A survey conducted by the Japanese government in Tokyo in fiscal year 2018 found just over 27,000 bicycles Abandoned in railway stations throughout the city, the official figure includes motorcycles and motorcycles, although they are rare, this is the lowest number ever, representing a decrease of about 4000 bikes from the previous year, and it represents the tenth figure recorded in 1990 which is 243 thousand An abandoned bicycle.
The survey was conducted by municipalities throughout Tokyo in October 2018, during daylight hours, and the inventory of bikes that were abandoned in about 600 railway and metro stations.
Bikes are deserted
The capital Tokyo has continued its efforts to systematically remove abandoned bicycles and to create additional parking spaces for bicycles and cars, both public and private – has resulted in a marked decline in the number of abandoned bicycles, especially since 2000.
The abandoned bicycles outside the train stations impede pedestrians and emergency vehicles alike and have been a headache for Japanese cities for nearly 40 years. According to surveys conducted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government between 1990 and 2000, more than 700,000 cyclists were on their bikes To stations, where a quarter and a third of these bikes are abandoned at some point.
Number of abandoned bikes
While in 1990, the worst year for abandoned bikes, there were only 540,000 parking spaces to accommodate 704,000 cyclists who went to stations, and by 2018, the number of places had increased to 925,000. These figures show that there is now room available for parking the cars.
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